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What Is the crust that forms the continents?

The crust that forms the continents is called continental crust. It is thicker and less dense than oceanic crust, composed mainly of granite rock. Continental crust is what makes up the landmasses on Earth's surface.


What effect does subduction and sea floor spreading have on the earth's surface?

Subduction occurs when one tectonic plate moves beneath another, leading to the formation of deep ocean trenches and volcanic arcs. Sea floor spreading happens when molten rock rises at mid-ocean ridges and forms new oceanic crust. Together, these processes play a significant role in the movement of Earth's tectonic plates, shaping the planet's surface through the formation of mountains, ocean basins, and other geological features.


How do you use the word crust from science in a sentence?

The Earth's crust is the outermost layer of the planet, consisting of solid rock that forms the continents and ocean floors.


How fault forms?

The surface of earth is in constant motion because of forces inside the planet. These forces cause sections of earth's surface, called plates, to move.


How many years have the people on the 7 continents been there?

There have been many forms of humans on the planet over the last at least 400,000 years. The human race that now lives on the earth (homo sapiens) developed some 200,000 years ago.It took quite a while before they had spread over all the continents on the planet. They started spreading over the continents some 70,000 years ago and they finished spreading to all the continents some 15,000 years ago.


What type of mountain forms from the magma that is created by sea-floor spreading?

A volcanic mountain forms from the magma that is created by sea-floor spreading. This magma rises to the surface and solidifies, creating a volcanic mountain range along the mid-ocean ridge where sea-floor spreading occurs.


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Where do granite and basalt form?

Granite forms deep underground as felsic magma cools, mostly under continents. Basalt forms at or near the surface as mafic magma cools, typically on oceanic plates.


When a meteorite slams into a rocky planet's surface it makes a what?

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What are the steps in process of sea floor spreading?

The sea-floor spreading begins at the mid-ocean ridge, which forms along a crack in the oceanic crust. Along the ridge, molten material that forms several kilometers beneath the surface, rises and erupts. At the same time, older rock moves outward on both sides of the ridge. As the molten material cools, it forms a strip of solid rock in the center of the ridge. When more molten material flows into the crack, it forms a new strip of rock.


The difference between plate tectonics continental drift and sea floor spreading?

Answer:Continental drift is the hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass(Pangaea) broke up and drifted to their present locations.Sea-floor spreading the process by which new oceanic lithosphere(sea floor) forms as magma rises to Earth's surface and solidifies at a mid-ocean ridge.