What is the difference between oceanic crust and continental crust?(1 point)

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Oceanic crust is thicker.
Oceanic crust is thicker.

Continental crust is thicker.
Continental crust is thicker.

Oceanic crust is less dense; continental crust tends to subduct at regions of plate collision

Answer 1

The correct statement is: Continental crust is thicker.

To elaborate: Continental crust is generally thicker (averaging around 30-50 kilometers) compared to oceanic crust (which averages about 5-10 kilometers). Additionally, oceanic crust is denser than continental crust, which is why oceanic crust tends to subduct beneath continental crust at convergent plate boundaries.