What type of stress occurs when plates move apart? compression
faulting
shearing
tension

Based on their location in the atmosphere, the layers are able to have their own special characteristics. for example, most weather occurs in the troposphere. what occurs in each of the other layers?

11. plate divergence is best described as a/an process. a. orogenic b. epeirogenic c. isostatic d. taphrogenic

Is water wet? and is fire on fire?