A student walking from home to school saw a crack on the road with no uplift running for about 1 kilometer. What would be the best explanation on the presence of this crack?
A. the road experience tensional stress causing it to rapture
B. a shearing stress was applied to landmass causing it to rapture
C. reverse faulting happened as a result of compressional stress
D. Normal faulting happened as a result of shearing stress
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Answer:
A. The road experience tensional stress causing it to capture