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Continental crust is the kind crust that is thinner but denser

true or false?​

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Answer:

False

Step-by-step explanation:

Oceanic crust is thinner and denser than continental crust. Oceanic crust is more mafic, continental crust is more felsic. Crust is very thin relative to Earth's radius.

User Paul Turchenko
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Answer:

False

Step-by-step explanation:

Continental crust is not thin it's actually pretty thick, it makes up most of the actual crust of the Earth and everything above like mountains or hills. A thin but dense crust would be oceanic crust because it's down below the ocean and isn't that far from the asthenosphere. Therefore your answer is the second option or "false."

Hope this helps.

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