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GLG 112 Exam 1 NAU Questions and Answers Oceanic Crust - ANSWER-Density- 2.9 denser Thickness- 7km thinner Composition- Basalt Continental Crust - ANSWER-Density- 2.8 less dense Thickness- 35-40 km thicker Composition- Granite What Controls the rheology of a layer? - ANSWER-Temperature, com...

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GLG 112 Exam 1 NAU Questions and

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Oceanic Crust - ANSWER✔✔-Density- 2.9 denser


Thickness- 7km thinner


Composition- Basalt


Continental Crust - ANSWER✔✔-Density- 2.8 less dense


Thickness- 35-40 km thicker


Composition- Granite


What Controls the rheology of a layer? - ANSWER✔✔-Temperature, composition and pressure


What controls land elevation? - ANSWER✔✔-Thickness and Density of lithosphere


Difference between a Compositional and Rheological Layer? - ANSWER✔✔-Compositional is the 3 layers,

Rheological is the 5 layers


Compositional Layers - ANSWER✔✔-Crust


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Mantle


Core


Rheological Layers - ANSWER✔✔-Lithosphere


Asthenosphere


Lower Mantle


Outer Core


Inner Core


Crust - ANSWER✔✔-Earth's outermost layer. (Comp)


Mantle - ANSWER✔✔-Earth's thickest layer made of hot rock and is less dense than the core, less hot,

and has less pressure on it. It also has plasticity (Comp)


Core - ANSWER✔✔-Center of Earth (Comp)


Lithosphere - ANSWER✔✔-A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.


Asthenosphere - ANSWER✔✔-The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.


Lower Mantle - ANSWER✔✔-The lowest portion of mantle, a zone of rigid rock




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