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. What type of stress is tension and at what type of plate boundary is it found?
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. What type of stress is tension and at what type of plate boundary is it found?

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The type of stress is called shear and is found at divergent plate boundaries.
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The three main types of stress go along with the three types of plate boundaries: compression is common at convergent boundaries, tension at divergent boundaries, and shear at transform boundaries. Hope this helps
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