Read the following statements about fluids and mark each as True or False. For every statement that you label, give a reason in two or three sentences.
(a) Pressure in a static fluid has no direction.
(b) At a given depth, the pressure on a sloping surface is greater than on a horizontal surface.
(c) A liquid at rest exerts lateral forces on the walls of its container.
(d) Pascal’s principle applies only to liquids and not to gases.