Question

The Earth's solid crust, the hard and thin top layer of the Earth, is made of ________and ______________

Answer 1

Either solid rocks and minerals or granite and basalt

Answer 2

granite and basalt

Step-by-step explanation:

The crust is composed of two basic rock types granite and basalt. The continental crust is composed mostly of granite. The oceanic crust consists of a volcanic lava rock called basalt. Basaltic rocks of the ocean plates are much denser and heavier than the granitic rock of the continental plates