1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
mel-nik [20]
3 years ago
6

Which statements describe continental crust? Select the three correct answers.

Biology
2 answers:
sweet-ann [11.9K]3 years ago
5 0

the answer is

B. It is between 25 and 70 km thick

E. It contains silicate minerals high sodium, potassium, aluminum, and calcium

C. Its made of all types of rocks

brain. plzzz

likoan [24]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

The correct answers are options B. "It is between 25 and 70 km thick", C. "It is made of all types of rocks" and E. "It contains silicate minerals high in sodium, potassium, aluminum, and calcium".

Explanation:

In Geology, the continental crust is defined as the layer of the Earth that allowed the formation of the continents. This layer is made of all types of rocks, including igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks. This layer is also considered silica-rich, or felsic, because of its high content of silicate minerals. Regarding the thickness of continental crust, it is between 25 to 70 km thick. This is considerable thick considering that oceanic crust which barely reaches 10 km thick.

You might be interested in
Since his cerebral vascular accident, mr. harold thomas has been unable to recognize and identify objects by touch because of in
KATRIN_1 [288]
<span>This condition is a form of sensory loss.

Stroke (which is a cerebral embolism, or cerebral vascular accident) is characterized by damage to a part of the brain (which could for example the sensory cortex) as a result of obstruction of a vessel (ischemic stroke or cerebral infarction) or by the rupture of a blood vessel and the accumulation of a pocket of blood (hemorrhagic accident or cerebral hemorrhage).

The sensory and visual symptoms of the stroke appear 48 hours after the incident, Doctors must act quickly to save the patient from irreversible damages.</span>
4 0
2 years ago
Describe three chemical changes that occur during the light-dependent reactions.​
Gemiola [76]
The light-dependent reactions require light and water, occur in the thylakoids, and produce ATP and NADPH. The light-independent reactions require carbon dioxide, occur in the stroma, and produce high-energy sugars. What are the three primary factors that affect the rate of photosynthesis


Hope I could help!
5 0
3 years ago
In a forest ecosystem, wolves hunt and eat deer. What would happen to the ecosystem if a large number of wolves were hunted and
harkovskaia [24]

Answer:

The correct answer would be -

A. The number of deer would increase

D. The vegetation in the forest would decrease.

Explanation:

If a large number of hunters or predators are removed from an ecosystem, then there will be, the change that will be found would be increase in the numbers of the prey in the ecosystem. Due to this increase in the numbers of prey the food resources would decrease.

In the given case, the number of deers will increase in absence of enough predators which will lead to overgrazing that will decrease the vegetation in the ecosystem.

6 0
2 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Which fruit has one seed with grooves on it?
Ronch [10]
<span>The answer is c. peach or nectarine

A peach</span> has only one seed. Its seeds have grooves around it.

Banana has many seeds although very small to notice. A cherry has one or two seeds but it does not have grooves on it. An orange seed has grooves on it but there are a lot of them in one fruit.
6 0
3 years ago
13. How many plates are approximately floating on the mantle?
shutvik [7]

Answer:

4

Explanation:

4

7 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • All measurements contain some error. Why is this a true statement?
    7·1 answer
  • Identify the FALSE statement. The primary atmosphere:
    9·1 answer
  • Quartz is a rock-forming mineral.<br><br> True<br><br> False
    7·1 answer
  • Why would it be hard to find the ideal CO2 level if the light intensity were very low?
    5·1 answer
  • In the absence of tryptophan, what happens to the genes within the trp operon? a. The regulator without tryptophan-binding preve
    12·1 answer
  • All of the bones in your body, with the exception of the hyoid joint in the neck, form a joint with another bone. State True or
    7·2 answers
  • Hemoglobin and hair are both proteins,yet they have different structures. Explain
    13·2 answers
  • 17. A terrane becomes part of a continent in a process called
    7·1 answer
  • igneous-intrusive rocks form A. Small crystals that not be seen with the plain B. form slowly underground C. for invisible Cryst
    11·1 answer
  • As you look at the general trends of the graph, what happens to the biodiversity when a mass extinction happens? Why?
    5·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!