Stress

What is stress? Stress is the amount of force per unit area that acts on a rock.

What are the different types of stress? There are three different types of stress. The first stress is compression, the second stress is tension, and the third stress is shear stress.

Explain the three different type of stress. Compression: squeezes and shortens a body. Tension: stretches and pulls a body apart. Shear Stress: Pull or twist a body by pushing parts of the body in opposite direction.

Compression, Tension, and Shear Stress have a common. All three stress occurs at or near all types of plate boundaries.