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What is the stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks?

The force that squeezes a rock until it folds or breaks is called compression. When enough stress builds up in a rock, the rock can break, and create a fault.


What is the point beneath earths surface where rock breaks under stress and triggers an earthquake is called the?

The point beneath the earth's surface where an earthquake originates is called the hypocenter.


What do you call the point below the earths surface where the rock breaks under stress and tension?

fre


What is the meaning of the word focus in geology?

It is the point at which rock under stress breaks and triggers an earthquake.


What is squeezing together of rocks by stress?

The squeezing together of rocks by stress is called compression. In scientific terms Compression is when a force called stress pushes rock/squeezes rock together until it folds or breaks.


What is the shaking of the earth caused by the release of energy as rock suddenly breaks or shifts under stress?

earthquake


What happens when enough stress builds up in a brittle rock the rock breaks caused a what to form?

Reverse fault


What are the cracks called when a rock breaks?

Breaks along mineral planes are referred to as cleavage planes (breaks along a plane) or conchodial fractures (no distinct break controls), depending on the mineral. more general breaks in rocks are referred to as fractures or joints and are often along fault planes or areas of stress in the rock. A crumbly rock texture is found in either an unconsolidated unlithified rock or a heavily chemically or mechanically weathered rock


Are reverse faults rock layers placed under tensional stress?

no, reverse fault rock layers are placed under compressional stress.


What is the solid form of water that breaks rock?

The Solid Form of Water that breaks rock is called "ice".


What is the stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions called?

The stress force that causes a mass of rock to pull or twist in opposite directions is called tension. Shearing is the stress force that causes a mass of rock to pull or twist in opposite directions.


What is caused by stress and the bending tiliting and breaking of rock?

Stress changes the shape or breaks (fractures) rocks whereas bending leads to folding