Discussion
The mean thickness of oceanic crust is:
Answer: C
Oceanic crust averages about 5 km thick.
It is basaltic and dense, formed at mid-ocean ridges and consumed at trenches, so none of it survives longer than about 200 million years. Continental crust averages some 30 km and is much older.
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