Select all that apply: What are the differences between oceanic crust and continental crust?

Question 5 options:

Oceanic crust is younger than continental crust

Oceanic crust is completely under the ocean, continental crust is mostly above the ocean

Oceanic crust is made of metamorphic rock, continental crust is made of igneous rock

Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust

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Makenzie Rosales

24 November, 06:36

Select all that apply: What are the differences between oceanic crust and continental crust?

Question 5 options:

Oceanic crust is younger than continental crust

Oceanic crust is completely under the ocean, continental crust is mostly above the ocean

Oceanic crust is made of metamorphic rock, continental crust is made of igneous rock

Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust

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Paityn Castillo · Answer 1

The oceanic crust is that part of the Earth’s crust that covers the ocean basins while The continental crust accounts for 40% of the surface of the Earth.

The first option.