EARTH LIFE AND SCIENCE

EMMANUEL JAY M. HERMANO GRADE 11- CHROME DATE: OCTOBER 12, 2021

ACTIVITY 3. COMPLETE THIS GALLERY

OBJECTIVE: Make a gallery for a different stress of rocks

MATERIALS NEEDED: Photos of different stress on rocks, description of the different stress

STRESS ON ROCKS IS A FORCE THAT CHANGES THE ROCKS SHAPE AND VOLUME. THERE ARE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF STRESS:
COMPRESSION
Is a kind of stress where rocks tend to compress each other. It happens in convergent boundaries.
TENSION
Is another type of stress that influence rock behavior. It occurs in divergent boundaries.
SHEARING
Is a stress caused by pushing a mass rock in two opposite direction that break and slip apart or changes its shape.
It happens in transform boundary.