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STatiana [176]
2 years ago
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Continental crust is composed primarily of ________, while oceanic crust is composed primarily ________.

Geography
1 answer:
Darina [25.2K]2 years ago
8 0

Continental crust as we know it, is primarily made from <u>Basalt </u>while that Oceanic Crust is made from <u>Granite </u>and <u>Adesite</u>.

<h3>What are crusts made out of?</h3>

Continental crust is the land that we occupy as humans on Earth. It is made out of Basalt for the most part which makes it thicker.

Oceanic crust on the other hand, is primarily made from two rocks being granite and adesite which are both volcanic in nature.

Find out more on the earth's crust at brainly.com/question/879466.

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