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Oceanic crust is denser than the continental crust because it contains more of which three elements?
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Magma,rock,iron
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How do the densities of oceanic crust and continental crust influence what happens when an oceanic plate coverages with a continental plate?
Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust. All that water weight compresses the heck out of the material in the plate and also the oceanic crust contains larger percentages of denser elements such as magnesium and iron than the continental crust which also contributes to it's higher density. This sets the conditions for what happens. The more dense oceanic crust will "dive under" continental crust because it is more dense, and all because of the difference in densities.
How do oceanic and continental crust differ?
Because the oceanic crust is under water in the ocean and a continental crust is land such as the continents
What is continental and oceanic crust?
The continental crust is the land. The oceanic is under the ocean.
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 happens when a plate of oceanic crust collides with a plate of the continental crust and why does this happen?
The oceanic crust will slide under the continental crust. And the reason is because the oceanic crust is much denser and the continental crust is least dense.
Oceanic crust is denser than the continental crust because it contains more of which 3 elements?
It is the crust and mantle,and core
How do the densities of oceanic crust and continental crust influence what happens when an oceanic plate coverages with a continental plate?
Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust. All that water weight compresses the heck out of the material in the plate and also the oceanic crust contains larger percentages of denser elements such as magnesium and iron than the continental crust which also contributes to it's higher density. This sets the conditions for what happens. The more dense oceanic crust will "dive under" continental crust because it is more dense, and all because of the difference in densities.
When oceanic plates collide with continental plates the oceanic plate goes under the continental plate because?
The oceanic plate subduct under the continental because oceanic is made from basalt(rock) which is denser than andesite and granite(continental)
How are continental crust and oceanic crust are alike?
Oceanic and continental crust contain the same elements. Both also move and shift and grow continuously. They are different because of their density.
Why are oceanic plates lower than continental plates?
Because continental plates are denser than oceanic. That is why oceanic and continental plates cause subduction zones.
When a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide why does the oceanic plate sink below the continental plate?
It's because the oceanic plate is more dense than the continental plate.
Does the continental or the oceanic crust extend farther into the mantle?
The continental crust because it is thicker than the oceanic crust
How do oceanic and continental crust differ?
Because the oceanic crust is under water in the ocean and a continental crust is land such as the continents
How do the oceanic and continental crust differ?
Because the oceanic crust is under water in the ocean and a continental crust is land such as the continents
Is the Nazca Plate oceanic or continental?
The Oceanic plate denser than the continental plat because it contain magnesium,which is denser than aluminum found in continental plates.
What is continental and oceanic crust?
The continental crust is the land. The oceanic is under the ocean.
What happens when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?
when oceanic crust and continental crust collide, the oceanic crust sinks down beneath the continental crust. this is called subduction.
