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What can you conclude about a soil's permeability by observing its texture?
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Do clay soils have more permeability than sandy soils?
Sandy soils are much more permeable that clay soils.
Why is a soils texture important in determining how the soil absorbs water?
The soil texture is important because only its mineral components will help us to know the permeability of water through them which determines the permeability of water in a particular type of soil........so it is important to know abt the texture......
What physical properties are taken care of when classifying the soil?
Physical properties of soils: compressibility, temperature, consistence, permeability, porosity, density, color, electrical resistivity, texture, structure, water absorptivity.
Porosity is the amount of pore space in soils. Permeability is the ability of water to pass through the soil. Why do some soils have high porosity but low permeability?
Some soils have a large volume of pore space,but the individual pores are too small to allowwater to pass through.
What is soils ability to transmit water?
I think the word you're looking for is "permeability."
Do clay soils have more permeability than sandy soils?
Sandy soils are much more permeable that clay soils.
Why is a soils texture important in determining how the soil absorbs water?
The soil texture is important because only its mineral components will help us to know the permeability of water through them which determines the permeability of water in a particular type of soil........so it is important to know abt the texture......
What physical properties are taken care of when classifying the soil?
Physical properties of soils: compressibility, temperature, consistence, permeability, porosity, density, color, electrical resistivity, texture, structure, water absorptivity.
Porosity is the amount of pore space in soils. Permeability is the ability of water to pass through the soil. Why do some soils have high porosity but low permeability?
Some soils have a large volume of pore space,but the individual pores are too small to allowwater to pass through.
What is soils ability to transmit water?
I think the word you're looking for is "permeability."
Composition porosity permeability particle size are used to describe different types of?
soils
What are soils properties?
water absorption, color, texture, and fertility
What factors account for different capillarity in soils?
Texture, for one. Coarser soils (sandy) have much less capillary action than finer soils (clayey).
Why do some soils have high porosity but low permeability?
Some soils have a large volume of pore space, but the individual pores are too small to allow water to pass through.
Why is sandy soil acidic?
If one only considers the soil texture, the main driving force for a faster increase in pH in sandy soils is the faster leaching process. Because of the coarse texture of sand, water can easily move through the sandy layers and leach out chemical elements. Naturally, all soils tend to acidify through time if no actions are taken. This proces happens much faster in sandy soils. pH increasing elements such as carbonate (from the weathering of calcium carbonate, very abundant in soils) leach out very quickly. Also the organic decomposition rate is much higher when water is moving faster trhough the soil. This decomposition acidifies the soil as well. Looking at the texture only, a sandy soil is more acidic, just because it is in a further state of weathering, compared to other textures such as clay.
What type of soil has low permeability and poor crop-growing potential and high nutrient-holding capacity?
Clay soils.
What aspects of soils do pedologists study?
texture, color, what it is made up of, what horizon is it in.
