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nexus9112 [7]
3 years ago
10

How is continental crust different from oceanic crust?

Biology
2 answers:
PIT_PIT [208]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

the last one, oceanic crust is more dense!

Varvara68 [4.7K]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Oceanic crust is thinner and more likely to sink.

Explanation:

In most places the continental crust is 35 km thick and the oceanic crust is 5 to 10 km thick. Additionally, the continental crust is less dense than the oceanic, the density of the continental core is on average 2.8 g / cm3 and the oceanic is 3.

the oceanic crust, being denser than the continental one sinks more likely

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