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Earthquakes 6.1
Geological Stresses
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Stresses that push toward each other; this causes a decrease in the space that a rock can take up. | compression |
| Stress from the weight of material above a buried object; this reduces volume the rock is in. | confining stress |
| Strain; the change of shape that a rock undergoes when it has been altered by stresses. | deformation |
| Break in rock caused by stresses; this happens with or without the movement of material. | fracture |
| Parallel stresses that move past each other in opposite directions. | shear |
| Deformation in a rock when the stress exceeds the rock’s internal strength. | strain |
| Force per unit area in a rock. | stress |
| Stresses that pull material in opposite directions. | tension |