Question

Continental Plates are _________.

• A. thinner than Oceanic Plates
• B. thicker than Oceanic Plates
• C. equal in thickness to Oceanic Plates
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is B thicker than Oceanic Plates

Continental crust is typically 40 km thick, while the oceanic crust is much thinner, averaging about 6 km in thickness. So, oceanic plates are much denser than continental plates. So, the above information shows that Continental Plates are thicker than Oceanic Plates. Thus the correct option is B. Other options are not suitable.