Question

Where would you be most likely to find the oldest rocks on Earth?(1 point)
Responses

in the middle of the highest mountains
in the middle of the highest mountains

in the middle of the oceans
in the middle of the oceans

at the outer edges of oceanic crust
at the outer edges of oceanic crust

in the middle of the continents

Answer 1

in the middle of the continents

Continental cratons/shields preserve very old crust (billions of years). Oceanic crust is much younger because it is recycled at trenches by subduction.