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What is the largest layer of earths surface?
The largest layer of Earth's surface is the crust, which is divided into oceanic and continental crust. The continental crust is thicker and less dense than the oceanic crust, covering about 40% of the Earth's surface.
What forms the elevated part of the earths crust?
continental crust
What is the polished surface of the earths crust?
slickensides
What do you call the thin outer layer of the earth's surface?
The Crust
What do scientists believe that is happening to the segments of earths crust?
it has been washed into the oceans as the continental crust has eroded.
What is the largest layer of earths surface?
The largest layer of Earth's surface is the crust, which is divided into oceanic and continental crust. The continental crust is thicker and less dense than the oceanic crust, covering about 40% of the Earth's surface.
Why does water float on Earth's surface?
Oceanic crust is denser than continental crust, it floats lower in earths mantle.
What forms the elevated part of the earths crust?
continental crust
Is granite everywhere?
No. It only occurs in areas of continental crust and is only present at the surface in a small percentage of that.
The layer of the earths crust that is not covered by ocean water is called what?
continental crust
What is the general composition of earths continental crust?
Water
What is under the earths surface and in the earths crust?
mantle
Does the outer core cover earths surface?
No the crust covers earths surface
Where is the crust located in the earths layers?
The Earth's crust is the outermost layer of the Earth, and it is the thinnest layer compared to the mantle and core. It is divided into oceanic crust, which is thinner and denser, and continental crust, which is thicker and less dense.
How thick is the earths continental crust?
The continental crust is about 25 to 70 kilometers thick. The average is about 50 kilometers.
Which earths crust contains granite?
Continental crust contains granite. This type of crust is thicker and less dense compared to oceanic crust. Granite is a common rock in the continental crust due to its formation through the cooling and solidification of magma below the Earth's surface.
What is the outer layer of the earth called?
The crust is the outer or surface layer of the planet.
