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2. The force trying to push rocks together, the earths crust will be shortened.

  • Compressional forces
  • Tensional forces
  • Shear forces
  • Stress

3. The force trying to pull rocks apart, the earths crust will become lengthened.

  • Tensional forces
  • Shear forces
  • Compressional forces
  • Strain

4. A computer imaging technique, based on seismic wave velocities.

  • Seisogram
  • Seismic Tomography
  • Seisometer
  • Geochemistry

5. The forces which act along a plane in the rock and promote sliding along that plane.

  • Compressional forces
  • Shear forces
  • Tensional forces
  • Stress

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