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Normal Fault
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Type of fault that may form when rocks are pulled apart due to tension?
Rocks being pulled apart are under tension. This is found at divergent plate boundaries. It is a tension fault.
Describe two types of stress that deform rocks?
Compression (that acts to decrease an objects volume by squashing it together), Tension (which acts to increase an objects volume by pulling it apart) and a bonus Shear which acts in opposite directions on opposite sides of an object to make the two halves slide past each other.
Tension pulls rocks apart and creates this kind of fault?
This is known as a normal fault.
What weathering occurs when rocks are broken apart by physical processes?
mechanical
What stress causes rocks to pull apart?
The type of stress that causes rocks to pull apart is a tension stress. It is the major type of stress found in divergent plate boundaries.
Is the forces that pulls rocks apart?
tension
Type of fault that may form when rocks are pulled apart due to tension?
Rocks being pulled apart are under tension. This is found at divergent plate boundaries. It is a tension fault.
Describe two types of stress that deform rocks?
Compression (that acts to decrease an objects volume by squashing it together), Tension (which acts to increase an objects volume by pulling it apart) and a bonus Shear which acts in opposite directions on opposite sides of an object to make the two halves slide past each other.
What is the force that stretches or pull apart the crust called?
When there is a divergent boundary, regardless if the plates are ocean-ocean or continental-continental, tensional stress pulls on the crust. Rocks have weaker tensional strength than compressive strength, so they are easier to pull apart.
What enters cracks in rocks and forces them apart?
Water can do this if it freezes
What causes rocks to pull apart?
The type of stress that causes rocks to pull apart is a tension stress. It is the major type of stress found in divergent plate boundaries.
Tension pulls rocks apart and creates this kind of fault?
This is known as a normal fault.
What occurs when rocks are broken apart by physical processes?
Mechanical Weathering
What weathering occurs when rocks are broken apart by physical processes?
mechanical
When tension pull rocks apart?
Stress forces affect rocks in various ways. The most common effects include cracking, breaking, shrinking or total change in their composition among others.
What stress causes rocks to pull apart?
The type of stress that causes rocks to pull apart is a tension stress. It is the major type of stress found in divergent plate boundaries.
What does tension mean?
if you mean whene you give some one lots of tension <><><><><> Tension is stress, or voltage, to name just two. tension-is stress that streches or pull rocks apart
