what type of stress results when two tectonic plates diverge?
<answer> Tensional stress is a stress that results when two tectonic plates diverge. <context> Handily, these three senses of stress also correlate with the three types of plate boundaries. Compressive stress happens at convergent plate boundaries where two plates move toward each other. Tensional stress happens at divergent plate boundaries where two plates are moving away from each other. Shear stress is experienced at transform boundaries where two plates are sliding past each other.