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Quarter 1 – Week 4a: Rock under Stress

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 WEEKLY LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS
Earth and Life Science 11, Quarter 1, Week 4a

ROCK UNDER STRESS

Name: ___________________________________________ Section: ____________________

Learning Competency
Describe how rocks behave under different types of stress such as
compression, pulling apart and shearing (MELC S11/12ES-Ic-19).

Specific Objectives:
1. Differentiate the types of stress.
2. Give examples of each type of stress.
3. Create your own rocks behavior under the different types of stress.

Time Allotment: 2 hours

Key Concepts
 Rocks are subjected to different types of stress and they respond
differently under different conditions. Stress on rocks is a force that
creates deformation or changes in the rocks’ shape and volume.

Types of Stress
Stress Description Example Illustration
Compression A type of stress Rocky
(squeezing) where rocks are Mountains
pushed together or
tend to compress
each other. There is
a tendency for the
rock to be pressed or
squeezed, causing Figure 1. Compressional stress
Source:https://mhshonorsenvr.w
rocks to fold or eebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/1/134
16460/5643474_orig.png
fracture (break).
Compressional
stress is the most
common stress at
convergent plate
boundaries.

Figure 2. Stress caused these

rocks to break.
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Author: Diana Rose C. Chua

School/Station: Cecilia National High School
Division: DepEd – Agusan del Sur
email address: dianarose.cabilin@deped.gov.ph
 Tension This is a type of Continent
(stretching) stress where rocks is the best
move away from example;
each other, also the
stretched apart or Mid-
pulled apart. Atlantic
Tensional stress is Ridge
Figure 3. Tensional stress
the major type of Source:https://mhshonorsenvr.w
stress at divergent eebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/1/134
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plate boundaries.
This is the opposite
of compressional
stress.

Figure 4. This normal fault (line)

cuts Mississippian rocks in the
Valley and Ridge in Montgomery
County. Notice the displacement
indicated by the light-colored
layer.
Source: https://bit.ly/2UpnyEh

Shearing A type of stress San

(side to side where rocks are Andreas
shearing) being pulled in Fault
opposite directions.
Something is pulled
one way on one side
and the other way on
the other side. Shear Figure 5. Shear stress
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stress is the most eebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/1/134
common stress at 16460/4583614_orig.png
transform plate
boundaries.

Figure 6. Shearing in rocks. The

white quartz vein has been
elongated by shear.
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Author: Diana Rose C. Chua

School/Station: Cecilia National High School
Division: DepEd – Agusan del Sur
email address: dianarose.cabilin@deped.gov.ph