• Question: Why are oxygen and silicon so important to the earth's crust?

    Asked by ellz13 to Angus, Christian, Hannah, Laura, Simon on 18 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Simon Holyoake

      Simon Holyoake answered on 18 Jun 2013:

      much of the earth’s crust is made from them! without them the earth could be a very different place indeed!

    • Photo: Christian Maerz

      Christian Maerz answered on 18 Jun 2013:

      I agree with Simon – most of the minerals that make up our rocks contain a lot of silicon and oxygen.

    • Photo: Laura Roberts Artal

      Laura Roberts Artal answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      The answer is really that simple! But what a great question!

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