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What are 2 differences about the cotineantal and oceanic crust?
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1. Continental crust is thick while Oceanic crust is relatively thinner.
2. Continental crust is lighter while Oceanic crust is relatively denser.
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What are the Differences in height between continental crust and oceanic crust?
they are the 2 types of crust
What are 2 types of crust?
Oceanic crust and continental crust.
What are the 2 types of crust that cover the earth's surface?
Continental crust and Oceanic crust.
What two tyoes of crust?
There are two types of Crust : 1. Continental Crust, 2. Oceanic Crust.
The process of an oceanic plate colliding with and descending underneath a continental plate?
The oceanic crust is subducted underneath the continental crust. This process is known as subduction.
What are the Differences in height between continental crust and oceanic crust?
they are the 2 types of crust
What are four differences between the oceanic crust and the continental crust?
1. The Oceanic crust is dense while the Continental crust is relatively lighter. 2. The Oceanic crust consists of Silicon and Magnessium, while the Continental crust has Silicon and Alluminium. 3. The Oceanic crust is thin, while the Continental crust is thick. 4. The Oceanic crust makes up the ocean floor, while the Continental crust carries the continents.
What are 2 types of crust?
Oceanic crust and continental crust.
What are convertgent boundaries?
A conversion boundary is a place where 2 tectonic plates are mving toward each other. There are 3 types of convergent boundaries OCEANIC CRUST-OCEANIC CRUST OCEANIC CRUST-CONTINENTAL CRUST CONTINENTAL CRUST-CONTINENTAL CRUST They are classified according to their crust
What are the 2 types of crust that cover the earth's surface?
Continental crust and Oceanic crust.
What are 2 landforms that are created at by oceanic oceanic crust?
Trenches and undersea mountains :)
What two tyoes of crust?
There are two types of Crust : 1. Continental Crust, 2. Oceanic Crust.
What are the two types of crust and which rocks make up each crust?
there are two types of crust such as the oceanic crust and the continental crust, the oceanic crust is thinner and more dense than the continental crust and is constantly being recycled via subduction upon collisions with Continental crust, and creating at mid-ocean ridges. x
The process of an oceanic plate colliding with and descending underneath a continental plate?
The oceanic crust is subducted underneath the continental crust. This process is known as subduction.
What are the two layers of the continental crust called?
The 2 layers of the continental crust are oceanic crust and the land crust
What do you call the thin outer layer of the earth's surface?
The Crust
What are 2 types of minerals found in Earth's crust?
continental oceanic
