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Stress and Strain
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Stress:The amount of force per unit area that is placed on a given material.
Strain:A change in the shape or volume of rocks that results from the stress of being squeezed, twisted, or pulled apart.
Compression:When crustal rocks are squeezed together.
Tension:The force that pulls rocks apart.
Shearing:When rocks are pushed in opposite horizontal directions.
Sheared:When rocks are_______, they can bend, twist, or break apart when they slide past each other.
Crustal Stress:When ______ ______ occurs, strain is caused.
Convects:Large strains can build up when the mantle slowly ________ and encounters less mobile regions.
Pulled Apart:Rocks can become thinner when they are ________ ______ by tension.
Stress and Strain
Across:2. | Large strains can build up when the mantle slowly ________ and encounters less mobile regions. | 3. | The amount of force per unit area that is placed on a given material. | 5. | When rocks are_______, they can bend, twist, or break apart when they slide past each other. |
| 6. | When ______ ______ occurs, strain is caused. | 7. | A change in the shape or volume of rocks that results from the stress of being squeezed, twisted, or pulled apart. | 9. | When crustal rocks are squeezed together. |
| | Down:1. | Rocks can become thinner when they are ________ ______ by tension. | 4. | When rocks are pushed in opposite horizontal directions. |
| 8. | The force that pulls rocks apart. |
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Stress and Strain
Across:2. | Large strains can build up when the mantle slowly ________ and encounters less mobile regions. | 3. | The amount of force per unit area that is placed on a given material. | 5. | When rocks are_______, they can bend, twist, or break apart when they slide past each other. |
| 6. | When ______ ______ occurs, strain is caused. | 7. | A change in the shape or volume of rocks that results from the stress of being squeezed, twisted, or pulled apart. | 9. | When crustal rocks are squeezed together. |
| | Down:1. | Rocks can become thinner when they are ________ ______ by tension. | 4. | When rocks are pushed in opposite horizontal directions. |
| 8. | The force that pulls rocks apart. |
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