A "pushing together" force
gives rise to compressive stress. Guess which plate tectonic
boundary might generate this kind of stress.
| A. Divergent |
B. Convergent |
C. Transform |
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to check your answer.
Compressive
stress is typical at convergent plate boundaries.
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