PLATE TECTONICS-Types of Crust

What are the two (2) types of crust?

• oceanic

• continental

• mantle

• transform

What best describes continental crust?

• thick and light

• thick and dense

• thin and dense

• thin and light

The pieces of Earth's crust that compose the lithosphere

• Tectonic Plates

• Asthenosphere

• Core

• Fault

The Earth's lithosphere contains

• the upper mantle

• the continental crust

• the oceanic crust

• all are correct

Which is TRUE about the continental crust?

• It is the thicker but less dense than oceanic crust

• it is thinner than oceanic crust

• it is denser than oceanic crust

• it is thinner and more dense than the oceanic crust

Earth's lithosphere is made up of what layers?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Crust and Mantle

• Crust and Upper Mantle

Where is the thickest part of the crust located?

• along the ocean floor

• deepest part of the ocean

• valley

• mountain

Which is NOT true about lithosphere?

• It has the same thickness everywhere.

• It is composed the continents and the ocean floor

• It is the outermost part of the Earth.

• It varies in thickness.

Which of the following facts is based on the picture?

• The lithosphere is composed of the crust and the upper mantle.

• Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust.

• The layer below the crust is the upper mantle.

• Oceanic crust is denser than the continental crust.

What best describes oceanic crust?

• thick and light

• thick and dense

• thin and dense

• thin and light