why is oceanic crust denser?

because it is made of basalt and continental crust is made of granite. basalt is denser than granite

because the oceanic land contains water

what happens in a transform fault?

plates slip past one another making huge earthquakes

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1what type of crust is denser?
1. AContinental
2. BOceanic
2why is oceanic crust denser?
1. Abecause it is made of basalt and continental crust is made of granite. basalt is denser than granite
2. Bbecause the oceanic land contains water
3are divergent boundaries a way that plate tectonics move by crashing into each other?
1. AVerdadeiro
2. BFalso
4what happens in a transform fault?
1. Aplates slip past one another making huge earthquakes
2. Bplates crash into each other.
5what are the features in a convergent plate boundary?
1. Atrenches
2. Bmountains
3. Cvolcanoes
4. Disland formation
5. Ecracks
6. Fseaweed
7. Gcoral reefs
6three types of CONVERGENT plate boundaries are:
1. Aocean to ocean
2. Bocean to mantle
3. Ccontinent to mid ocean ridge
4. Docean to continent
5. Econtinent to continent
7what do volcanoes form when the subducted oceanic crust melts and rises?
1. Aisland arc
2. Btectonic plate
8which of these is the largest tectonic plate
1. Anazca plate
2. Bjuan de fuca plate
3. Cpacific plate

Descrição: this is a quiz for all 7th graders
Autor: pablo fuentes
Idioma: English
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Etiquetas: science 7th grade plate tectonics seafloor spreading continental drift plates colliding faults subduction layers of the earth science
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