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Porosity or pore space

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Q: What are the spaces between rocks and soil called?
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What are the spaces called in between a pile of soil?

pore spaces


What is the movement of surface water into rocks or soil through cracks or pore spaces?

Infiltration is the movement of surface water into rocks or soil through cracks or pore spaces.


What fills spaces between particles of and soil is called?

Groundwater fills spaces between particles of soil.


The air spaces between rock and soil particles are called?

pore space


What is the term used by geoligests for water that soaks in the ground fills the openings in the soil and trickles into cracks and spaces in layers of rock?

The underground water that fills opening in soil and cracks in layers of rocks is called ground water.


What fills spaces between particles of rock and soil?

its groundwater!


What are the air pockets found in soil called?

Pore Spaces


A group of rocks sticking out of soil is called an?

I think the right word is outcrop. When taken collectively, outcroppings.


Is soil water?

Soil water is water derived from the runoff of soil. You probably meant to ask what is salt water. (Water that has salt in it - seawater, water from the ocean). Most soil is porous with narrow spaces between the small particles. These spaces act as capillaries and in part govern the motion of water through the soil. When water enters soil, it penetrates the spaces between the small particles and adheres to them.


When look of soil under a microscope what is between the particles?

pore spaces


Which soil has highest infiltration rate?

Sandy Soil has the highest infiltration rate as sandy soil has big spaces between its particles.


The part of the Earth that is composed of rocks and soil is called the?

the lithosphere