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Q: What causes water to trickle downward and fills-in between particles of soil?
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How does sediment size affect water flowing through the soil?

Usually small grains pack together well and there are only tiny air gaps between them for water to trickle through. Soils like this drain slowly. Clay soils are an example. Conversely, large grains leave large gaps between them and this allows water to flow freely. Sandy soils are like this.


What does a source look like?

It looks like a muddy puddle. Don't expect a majestic Trevi fountain with carved cupids, or an Angel with a flaming Sword. The source of the Nile is a plastic pipe sticking out of a rock. And that's a lot more impressive than most river sources. The source of the Mississippi-Missouri River is a little trickle of mossy water running down a rock face covered with grafitti. Sometimes more than one little trickle breaks out, and on-lookers cheer. The Ganges River actually has a source worth looking at, a big gush off water shooting out of a glacial ice-cave! Those silly Chinese put up a tombstone at the source of the Yellow River.


How do you make an Erosion?

You can demonstrate erosion, such as for a science experiment using clay and dirt, but cannot do it wiht something as hard as rock simply because of the amount of time to erode rock. With the material arranged as a small mountain, a hose or other large supply of water can be used to trickle down the side where gulleys will slowly form - this is erosion at its simplest.


Can an earthquake cause the world any damage?

An earthquake can definitely cause the world damage. In areas unprepared for earthquakes, it can cause massive damage to buildings and also kill people.


What is the importance of Super Phosphate in Agriculture?

Actually there is no real importance! It causes more harm than good. When these phosphoric acids trickle down to our lakes and streams used for drinking water, they become detrimental in completely devasting these bodies of water. They take up oygen by giving too much nutrients to plants and algae. When these aquatic plants become even larger than the norm., they take up room and oygen from life forms living in the waters. Both the plants and animals eventually die from aquiring too much nutrients. This process is what is widely known as eutrophication. When phosphates cause this cycle, it is speeding up the life of a body of water because this cycle is something that is supposed to take hundreds of thousands of years. However with phosphates, this could happen from months to a couple of years.