TRUE OR FALSE (indicate the word/s that makes the statement false) An aquifer is a geological formation which is neither a porous nor permeable. Shallow earthquakes lie anywhere up to 30km below the earth surface. A reverse slip occurs when the crust is being pulled apart.

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TRUE OR FALSE (indicate the word/s that makes the statement false)

  1. An aquifer is a geological formation which is neither a porous nor permeable.
  2. Shallow earthquakes lie anywhere up to 30km below the earth surface.
  3. A reverse slip occurs when the crust is being pulled apart.
  4. The gentle side of Barchans sand dunes lies on the opposite side of wind, and makes an angle about 10° to15° above the horizontal.
  5. Mechanical Weathering is the breakdown of rock masses under the attack of certain atmospheric agents.
  6. Suspended load are those moved by the winds but not lifted more than 30 to 60 cm of the earth surface.
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