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The Mohorovicic Discontinuity, or Moho, is the depicted by the red line seen in the diagram above. In geology, the

word discontinuity refers to
A) a surface at which seismic waves change velocity.
B) a change in the pressure within Earth's interior due to depth.
C) a drastic change in the depth of the crust, alternating from thin to thick.
D) the chemical difference between Earth's layers, in this case, the continental
and ocean crusts.​

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The Mohorovicic Discontinuity, or "Moho," is the boundary between the crust and the ... "discontinuity" is used for a surface at which seismic waves change velocity. One of these surfaces exists at an average depth of 8 kilometres beneath the ... The higher density material below the crust became known as "Earth's mantle

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