What is the earth's crust made up of?
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The earth's crust is made up of rock, a thin layer of rock in fact, that floats on the liquid mantle underneath.
The crust is composed of many minerals and chemical elements, but mainly:
oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, calcium, sodium, potassium and magnesium.
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