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What causes the pressure that allows diamonds to form in the mantle?
Gravity and the mass of rock above the diamond stability zone.
What type of stress causes an earthquake?
shifting of the earth's crust causes earthquakes
How does earths crust respond to addition and subtraction of mass?
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The most abundant elements in earth's crust are?
The most common element in the earth's crust is oxygen.
What causes thinning in the earths crust?
Thinning of the Earth's crust is caused by the Earth's mantle heating up and expanding. As the mantle expands, large areas of the crust fall in, where they are melted.
What causes the earths crust to rise and fall?
The sudden vibration in the plates inside the crust causes the earths crust to rise & fall.
What is the Earth's mass represented by the Earth's crust?
mass of Earth = 5.97219 × 1024 kilograms. Roughly.The mass of the earth is not represented by the earths crust
Do you bake a pie crust before adding coconut creme?
no
Is it true that earths crust contains most of earths mass?
No. The crust contains a small fraction of earth's mass. Most of the mass is contained in the mantle.
What causes the Earth's crust to grow?
tectonic plates shifting. One moves under another and this causes the growth of new crust
What does adding a nuetron to an atom nucleus do to the atoms mass?
Since a neutron has mass, adding a neutron to an atomic nucleus increases the atom's mass.
What does adding a nuetron to an atoms nucleus do to the atoms mass?
Since a neutron has mass, adding a neutron to an atomic nucleus increases the atom's mass.
What happens to mantle rock descending oceanic crust scrapes past continental crust?
The mantle rock descending from the oceanic crust causes the water in oceanic crust to be released. This lowers the melting point of the rock and causes it to melt.
How do you find the atomic mass by adding what?
Atomic mass = Mass of protons + Mass of neutrons
Which layer contains the least mass?
The crust
What percent of earth's mass is crust?
About 2%
What causes the pressure that allows diamonds to form in the mantle?
Gravity and the mass of rock above the diamond stability zone.
