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What layer of the crust is the most dense?
Oceanic crust is more dense than 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 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.
What are the two types of lithoperic crust?
The two types of lithospheric crust are continental crust, which is thicker and less dense than oceanic crust, and oceanic crust, which is thinner and more dense than continental crust.
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 :)
Is the oceanic crust dense?
Yes. It is more dense than continental crust.
Which type of crust is primarily made of basalt and is more dense?
Oceanic crust is primarily made of basalt and is more dense than continental crust. It is also younger and thinner compared to continental crust.
What are 2 kinds of crust?
crust on a pizza (thin & thick) or the earth's crust
The boundary between continental crust and oceanic crust occurs at the base of the?
The boundary between continental crust and oceanic crust occurs at the base of the lithosphere. This boundary is known as the Mohorovičić discontinuity, or Moho. It separates the less dense continental crust from the more dense oceanic crust below.
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
What characteristics of continental crust allow it to float higher on the mantle than oceanic cruast?
Continental crust is less dense than oceanic crust because it is thicker and composed of lighter materials, such as granite. This lower density allows continental crust to "float" higher on the more dense mantle beneath it, creating continents.
What is the difference between continential and oceanic crust?
Continental crust is thicker, less dense, and typically older than oceanic crust. Oceanic crust is thinner, more dense, and younger as it is constantly being formed at mid-ocean ridges and being recycled at subduction zones.
