PLATE TECTONICS

THE EARTH’S
CRUST
Presented by:

Kariza Jean D. Malota

Subject Teacher
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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Its Parts and
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Fact or Bluff:
Fact
__________1. The two types of crust are continental crust and
oceanic crust.
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Bluff
__________2.
of the Earth.
The core is the thinnest and the outermost layer

Bluff
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__________3. Continental crust is made of less dense rocks
called basalt.
Fact
__________4. Oceanic crust is found under the sea because of
its density.
Fact
__________5. The oceanic crust is heavier than the continental
crust.
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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Its Parts and Functions

LAYERS OF THE EARTH

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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Its Parts and Functions

LAYERS OF THE EARTH

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CRUST
 The crust is the thinnest and
the outermost layer of the
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Earth and extends from the
surface to about 32 km below.
Its Parts and Functions
 Underneath some mountains,
the crust thickness extends to
72 km.
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CRUST
The Earth’s crust is
DIGESTIVE
subdivided intoSYSTEM
two
regions: the
Its Parts and Functions
continental crust
and the oceanic
crust
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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Its Parts and Functions
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CONTINENTAL
CRUST
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Its Parts and Functions
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OCEANIC

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
CRUST

Its Parts and Functions

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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Its Parts and Functions
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GUIDE QUESTION:
1. Which crust is thicker?
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
2. Which crust is thinner?
Giveand
3.Parts
Its descriptions
Functionsof the oceanic crust
as shown in the picture.
4. Give descriptions of the continental
crust as shown in the picture.
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CONTINENTAL CRUST
 The continental crust is mainly made up
of silicon, oxygen, aluminum, calcium,

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sodium, and potassium. The thickness of
the continental crust is mostly 35-40
kilometers (average).
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 It is 400 billion years old and less dense
than oceanic crust.

 Continental crust found under land

masses, is made of less dense rocks
called granite.
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OCEANIC CRUST
 The oceanic crust is around
7-10 km thick with an
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average thickness of 8 km. It
is found under
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 It is 200 million years old.
 The ocean floor and is made
of basalt rocks. The oceanic
crust is heavier than the
continental crust.
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IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING EARTH’S CRUST

By studying the earth’s crust,

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM why we
we can understand
Its Parts and
have hotFunctions
springs, volcanoes,
and earthquakes.
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TASK: You will accomplish a Venn diagram with the

appropriate descriptions about continental crust and
oceanic crust.

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Its Parts and Functions