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State three characteristics of the crust.

State three characteristics of the crust.

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Kavungya
- Made up of solid or brute rocks
- Divided with continental and oceanic crust / sisal and sima.
-The oceanic crust support oceans / inner crust.
-The continental crust has rigid / brittle solid rocks
-The oceanic crust has plastic like / flexible rocks
- The continental crust floats on ocean crust.
- Continental crust is rich in silca and aluminium.
- The continental crust has lighter rocks / 2.7 gms/cc
-The continental crustal has granitic rocks.
-The oceanic crust has silica and magnesium.
-The oceanic crust has mainly basaltic rocks
- The ocean crust is denser / 2.8 gmice-3.0gm/cc
Kavungya answered the question on May 28, 2019 at 12:05

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