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There are three main forces that drive deformation within the Earth. These forces create stress, and they act to change the shape and/or volume of a material. The following diagrams show the three main types of stress: compressional, tensional, and shear. Stress causes the build up of strain, which causes the deformation of rocks and the Earth's crust.
Compressional stresses cause a rock to shorten. Tensional stresses cause a rock to elongate, or pull apart. Shearstresses causes rocks to slip past each other.
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Does earth's magnetic field cause gravity?
No, Earth's magnetic field does not cause gravity because there are two different types of forces.
What are the different geological forces that shape the earth?
There are seven main geological forces that shape the planet Earth. These forces are Aeolian processes, biological processes, fluvial processes, glacial processes, hill slope processes, igneous processes, and tectonic processes.
What three forces below the Earth's surface influenced the Earth's creation?
Three forces that act just beneath the surface and may have spurred creation are tension, which causes the crust to pull apart or stretch. Compression, which causes the crust to squeeze and push together. Shear, which pushes, tears and forces one part of the crust past the other.
How does faulting of the earth's layer occur?
Faulting occurs when tensional forces act in opposite directions and cause one slab of the rock to be displaced up and the other slab down.
What are the 3 internal forces in the earth?
1) compressional forces 2) tensional forces 3) folding
What are some forces that act on the earths plate?
The only forces that act on the earth's plates are the Sun, the Moon and the molten inner core of the earth itself.
What forces act upon a meteor as it falls toward Earth?
Forces of gravity ( gravitational force) pulls the meteor to earth
Earths magnetic field is not the cause of gravity?
No. Those are two quite different forces. The Earth's gravity is caused by the amount of mass Earth has.No. Those are two quite different forces. The Earth's gravity is caused by the amount of mass Earth has.No. Those are two quite different forces. The Earth's gravity is caused by the amount of mass Earth has.No. Those are two quite different forces. The Earth's gravity is caused by the amount of mass Earth has.
What is a concurrent forces?
Non concurrent forces are those forces that do not have a common point of intersection and act along different lines of action.
In newtons third law the action and reaction forces?
The two forces are of the same magnitude, act in opposite directions, and act on different objects.
What two forces you act upon and use when you are standing on earth?
Gravity and atmospheric pressure.
what forces act upon the moon as it is orbiting earth?
Gravity hold the moon in orbit
What happens with action reaction forces?
The force's don't cancel out each other, they act on different objects. Forces can cancel only if they act on the same object.
3. Some forces act at a distance and thus do not require .?
Force is split into 2 different "types" contact forces act between 2 objects that are TOUCHING, non-contact forces act as a distance and are not contacting. So the answer would be contact.
Can an object be in equilibrium when three forces act on it and all at different angles?
yea
How do electric and magnetic forces act on different objects?
They push or pull when it touches.
How do electric and magnetic forces act different objects?
They push or pull when it touches.
