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True or false: The percentage of rock or sediment that consists of voids or openings is a measurement of a rock's ability to hold water. True

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More specifically, porosity of a rock is a measure of its ability to hold a fluid. Mathematically, it is the open space in a rock divided by the total rock volume (solid and space). Permeability is a measure of the ease of flow of a fluid through a porous solid.

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