False, the crust is actually a lot less dense than the materials below the crust, the mantle and the core, which contains the heavier elements of the earth's composition. The crust is in fact very thin in comparision to the size of the earth. The crust is only the first 40 km of under the surface, while to get to the core it is 6378km. The crust is about .62% of the earth's thickness, its almost like imagining earth as an orange and the crst being the wax covering the orange.
True or false: the crust includes BOTH dry land and the bottoms of the oceans?
True. The mantle is indeed nearly 3000 kilometers thick and is located beneath the Earth's crust. It is composed of solid rock that behaves like a plastic due to high temperature and pressure.
True, both the crust and mantle are composed of solid rock. The innermost part of the crust is also believed to be solid, although it may experience some plastic deformation under extreme pressures and temperatures.
False. The crust is actually thinnest under oceans, not high mountains. Mountain ranges are typically where the crust is the thickest due to the intense tectonic activity that creates them.
True. Continental crust is primarily composed of lighter rocks such as granite, which are less dense than the basaltic rocks found in oceanic crust. This is why continental crust is thicker and less dense than oceanic crust.
True or false: the crust includes BOTH dry land and the bottoms of the oceans?
True. The mantle is indeed nearly 3000 kilometers thick and is located beneath the Earth's crust. It is composed of solid rock that behaves like a plastic due to high temperature and pressure.
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True, both the crust and mantle are composed of solid rock. The innermost part of the crust is also believed to be solid, although it may experience some plastic deformation under extreme pressures and temperatures.
False
False. The crust is actually thinnest under oceans, not high mountains. Mountain ranges are typically where the crust is the thickest due to the intense tectonic activity that creates them.
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True. Continental crust is primarily composed of lighter rocks such as granite, which are less dense than the basaltic rocks found in oceanic crust. This is why continental crust is thicker and less dense than oceanic crust.
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