Answer the following question given this paragraph: 

Section Summary 11.1 What Is a Fluid? • A fluid is a state of matter that yields to sideways or shearing forces. Liquids and gases are both fluids. Fluid statics is the physics of stationary fluids.


Q: What is the term for a state of matter that yields to sideways or shearing forces?

 Choices:

- gravity

- solid

- plasma

- fluid

A:
fluid
