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Which element makes up a large portion of the earths solid crust?
Oxygen is the most abundant element in the Earth's crust, making up about 46.6% of its mass.
What is the fifth most abundant element in the earths crust?
The fifth most abundant element in the Earth's crust is potassium. It makes up about 2.6% of the Earth's crust by weight.
What is the outer layer of the earth called?
The crust is the outer or surface layer of the planet.
Which mineral group makes up the highest percentage of Earths crust?
Silicates are the mineral group that make up the highest percentage of Earth's crust, accounting for about 90% of the crust by volume. They are composed of silicon and oxygen, the two most abundant elements in the Earth's crust.
What makes up the continental crust?
The continental crust is made up of mainly granite and other high-silica rocks. It is less dense than oceanic crust and thicker, ranging from 20 to 70 kilometers in depth. The continental crust also contains various minerals and elements such as aluminum, potassium, and silicon.
What makes up most of earths crust?
rock
Crust and earths upper mantle makes up what?
it is the lithosphere
What rock makes up most of earths crust and what percentage is it?
90 persent and lava
What is the iron percentage in the earths crust?
In terms of weight, iron makes up approximately 5% of the earths crust, the fourth most abundant element in the crust. However, remember Earth's Core is nearly all Iron.
What makes close to 95 percent of the rocks of earths crust?
Silicates make up close to 95 percent of the rocks in the Earth's crust
Why is water located above the earths crust but below the air?
Because it is less dense than the material that makes up the earth's crust, but more dense than the material that makes up the air.
Which element makes up a large portion of the earths solid crust?
Oxygen is the most abundant element in the Earth's crust, making up about 46.6% of its mass.
What is the fifth most abundant element in the earths crust?
The fifth most abundant element in the Earth's crust is potassium. It makes up about 2.6% of the Earth's crust by weight.
Which rock group makes up least of earths crust?
Just to say: This question refers to rock groups. Not what type of rock.Igneous rocks make up most of the earth's crust.
What are the rocks that make up the earths crust?
the crust and the core
Which rock forming mineral group makes up the largest group of minerals in earths crust?
oxygen 46.6%
What is the solid rock that makes up earths outermost layer?
The solid rock forms the Earth's crust on which we live.
