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Tensile stress.
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What is the force that pulls rock apart?
Tensile stress.
Which word names a force that pulls pieces of rock downhill?
Gravity
What are the three types of stress that a force can cause inside an object?
The three types of stresses are compression, tension and shear...
What is the term for the amount of force per unit area that acts on rock?
The answer is stress
When you use a crowbar to lift a heavy rock which force is bigger the weight of the rock or the force applied to the end of crowbar?
the force, otherwise the rock would not move.
What is the force that pulls rock apart?
Tensile stress.
Which stress force pulls on the crust and stretches rock?
tension
What is the stress force that pulls on the crust and thins rock in the middle is?
"NARUTO"
What is stress that pushes mass of rock in opposite directions?
Tensile stress is the result of a force acting over a cross sectional area that pulls material apart. This occurs in normal faults, rift valleys and at divergent plate boundaries.
What force pulls rock and soil down slope?
gravity is the force
What is geological stress?
Geological stress is a force applied to a rock.
The force that pulls rock and soil down slopes?
Gravity
What is a force that stretches rock called?
Tensile force / stress.
What is a stress force that squeezes rock?
an earthquake
Which word names a force that pulls pieces of rock downhill?
Gravity
Does stress takes energy out of rock?
No, stress is a force that adds energy to rocks.
The stress force that causes a mass rock to pull of twist in opposite directions is 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.
