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Types of Stress
==Compression: is a stress which is when a body is being squeezed together shortening the body. This stress usually happens at convergent boundaries since this when two tectonic plate boundaries ( ocean vs ocean, continent vs ocean,continent vs continent ) are squeezed together causing the subductuion of one plate causin the crust to shorten out.== ==Tension: this is a stress in which stress pulls a body apart causing stretching to occur. This stress happens at divergent boundaries, which is when two plates are seperating or diverging. This causes a mid ocean ridge, faults and other formations to be formed by the tension and the seperation of the plates.== ==Sheer: is a stress in which a body is distorted and or twisted pushing different parts of the body in various directions. This is most common in transform boundaries when two plates are being slid past each other causing twisting of the rock as well as strike and slip faults and ridge displacement.==

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