What Exactly Is a Pie?
Pie is a crusty baked good. In some pies, the crust is on top, whereas in others, it is on the bottom. Even the…
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Where Is the Moho or Mohorovicic Discontinuity?
The Mohorovicic discontinuity is to be found between the earth’s crust and the earth’s mantle. Mohorovicic was a famous Croatian scientist, a seismologist. He…
What Is Granite?
Granite is a very hard kind of rock made up of small pieces of mica, quartz and felspar and sometimes other rocks as well.…
Why Is There More Sea than Land on the Earth’s Surface?
The earth’s crust is made of rocks that make the surface more sea than land. The composition of the rocks which make up the…
How Were the First Mountains and Valleys Formed?
The first mountains and valleys were the crust formed as a result of the cooling of the molten mass of the earth. As the…