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Which layer is older than oceanic crust made of granites and relatively thick?
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Continental Crust.
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Which layer of the Earth is most buoyant?
The continental crust. Although it's thicker that oceanic crust, it is a lot lighter and weighs relatively little to the rest of Earth.
What layer of the crust is the most dense?
Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.
What are the two types of crust that make up the outermost layer of the earth?
Continental Crust And Oceanic Crust.
What are the properties of oceanic crust?
2 characteristics of the crust- the crust is composed of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock. It is the coolest layer for it is the first and farthest layer from the core.
In which layer of earth would you expect to find the least dense materials?
The crust is the least dense portion of the solid Earth because it is the thinnest layer.
What is the name of the thin rocky layer on the surface of earth?
The crust, which is subdivided into continental crust and oceanic crust.
What is the oceanic layer of Earth made of?
oceanic crust
Thinnest layer of the earth?
crust
Which layer of the Earth is most buoyant?
The continental crust. Although it's thicker that oceanic crust, it is a lot lighter and weighs relatively little to the rest of Earth.
What layer of crust averages 25 miles in thickness?
Continental crust.
What is layer has the oceanic and continental plates?
The crust.
Which layer of the crust has an average thickness of five miles?
The oceanic crust.
The hard outer layer of the earth?
The hard outer layer of the earth is called the crust. The crust can be divided into the continental crust and the oceanic crust.
What is the thinnest layer of the earth's crust.?
Oceanic crust is generally thinner than continental crust.
What layer of the crust is the most dense?
Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.
What are the two types of crust that make up the outermost layer of the earth?
Continental Crust And Oceanic Crust.
What is the layer of the earth called?
I believe this would be the oceanic crust
