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What is an antipodal arrangement of oceans and continents?
Oceans and Continents are diametrically opposite to each other
What divids by all the continents?
The continents are all mainly separated by oceans.
Name the oceans on the continent?
Continents are surrounded by oceans. Which continent are you interested in?
What oceans and continents describe the global address of the us?
All of the continents and all of the oceans describe the global address of the United States.
How are the three kinds of regions defined?
continents, islands and oceans
Is the Earth's crust thicker under the oceans or the continents?
Earth's crust is far thicker under the continents.
Is the earth crust thicker under the continent or the ocean?
Earth's crust is far thicker under the continents.
What is thinnest under the oceans and thickest through the continents?
The Earth's crust is thinnest under the oceans and thickest in the mountains.
What is composed of the continents and the oceans floor?
Earth's crust is composed of the continents and the ocean floor.
How many kilometers thick is the crust give me the exact number?
There is no exact number. It is thicker over continents (usually 30-40KM) and thinner over oceans( 6-11KM).
What do you call the crust making up the continents?
The crust that makes up the continents, or land masses on Earth is called continental crust. The crust that makes up the oceans is called oceanic crust.
The what is the thinnest under the oceans and thickest through the continents.?
the earth's crust
What is the thinnest under the oceans and thickest through the continents?
the earth's crust
A continuous layer of basaltic rock beneath both the continents and the oceans are?
The Crust of the Earth ?
Does the earths crust extend deeper below the continents or below the ocean basins?
Earths crust extend deeper below the continents than below the oceans basins (or at least this is what I think).
What is the definition for earth's crust?
the outer layer of earth ; includes continents,oceans and ocean floor
Why are the continents placed above the oceans?
Because continental crust is less dense and thicker than oceanic crust, it "floats" higher on the underlying mantle rock. Notice how high the continental crust rises above the oceanic crust in this cross section of the North American Plate. Oceanic crust is made of dense basalt; continental crust consists of less dense granite
