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Oceanic crust is significantly denser.
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Is the oceanic crust dense?
Yes. It is more dense than continental crust.
What layer of the crust is the most dense?
Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.
Why does the oceanic sink beneath continental crust at convergent boundaries?
The continental crust is less dense than the oceanic crust. That's the reason we find that the oceanic crust sinks (subducts) beneath the continental crust.Continental crust is less dense than oceanic crust and so cannot sink below it.
Why does continental crusts stand higher on the mantle then oceanic crust?
Because Oceanic crust is more dense and the Continental Crust is mountains which are a lot taller than sea floor.
Why does one continental plate slide under the other?
Because magma rises through hot spots( holes in the ground on the ocean floor) and cools forming new crust which repeats over hundreds of years making the oceanic crust more dense than continental crust. Since the oceanic crust is more dense, it sinks faster causing it to slide under the continental crust
What is difference of the continental crust and the oceanic crust?
Continental crust is thicker but less dense, and oceanic crust is thinner but more dense, making it heavier.
Is the oceanic crust dense?
Yes. It is more dense than continental crust.
Why does the oceanic crust sit lower in the mantle than the continental crust?
Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.
What layer of the crust is the most dense?
Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.
What is the difference of continental crust and oceanic crust?
Two differences are that the oceanic crust is more dense than continental, and continental crust is composed mostly of granite, while oceanic is mostly basalt
Is the continental crust more dense than the oceanic crust?
Oceanic crust is thinner (about 6-8 km in total) and more dense. Continental crust is about 30-50 km thick.
How are oceanic crust and continental crust different?
Oceanic crust is thinner and more dense, while continental crust is thicker and less dense.
Which portion of earths crust is more dense. oceanic or continental?
Oceanic
What is the difference between continential and oceanic crust?
oceanic crust is much more dense than continental crust. Oceanic crust is also responsible for the movement of continental crust.
Why does the continental crust float higher on the mantle than on the oceanic crust?
the oceanic crust is more dense therefore it sinks lower than continental crust
Compared to the oceanic crust the continental crust is?
less dense and more felsic
What are the two types of crust on the earth?
There are two types of crust, and they are the oceanic crust and the continental crust. Oceanic crust is thinner yet more dense than continental crust, and continental crust is on average older than oceanic crust :)
