Question

(ii) The crust is made up of rock and the mental is also made up of rocks. If this is so
then why the crust is floating on the mantle?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Mantle

The mantle is the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior. The mantle lies between Earth's dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust. The mantle is about 2,900 kilometers (1,802 miles) thick, and makes up a whopping 84% of Earth’s total volume.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The crust is made of solid rocks and minerals. ... between the mantle and crust that allow the crust to “float” ... become the Earth started out as a hot, viscous ball of rock.