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What type of strain (deformation) develops in a rock due to tensional forces?
Stretching
What type of deformation is generated by compressive forces?
Folding
Where are tensional forces common in plate boundaries?
Extensional plate boundaries
Which type of force causes rocks to slide horizontally past one another?
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What type of strain develops in a rock due to shearing forces?
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What is the general term for any change in the shape or volume of a rock, such as when a rock is folded or fractured?
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Which factor determines how a rock deforms by confining the forces pushing against a body in all directions?
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What type of strain lengthens the rocks or pulls them apart, leading to fractures and faults?
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What type of deformation occurs when rocks return to their original shape when the stress is released?
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Which force of deformation results in the change in shape when applied to a rock?
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