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What is soils ability to transmit water?

I think the word you're looking for is "permeability."


What refers to a soil's ability to transmit water?

permeability


Why do clay and organic soils hold nutrient better then sandy soils?

Clay and organic soils hold nutrients better then sandy soils because the sandy soils as the water drains away, the water will carry the nutrients with it. This is called leaching and the nutrients will not be available for the plants to use.


How do clay soils differ from sandy soils?

The sandy soils let the water pass through but the clay soils hold the water


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 the defined as the movement of water from plants soils and oceans into the atmosphere?

This process is called evapotranspiration.


What Type of standing water habitat in which soils is acidic and decay is slow is called?

A Bog.


Which soil property refers to the ability of water to move from the soils surface to reach plants roots?

infiltration. haha i got the answer from study island...


What term defines as the movement of water from plants soils and oceans into the atmosphere?

This process is called evapotranspiration.


What term defined as the movement of water from plants soils and ocean into the atmosphere?

This process is called evapotranspiration.


How do you fertilise sandy soil?

You should either fertilize sandy soils with slow release fertilizers, like organic fertilizers, or add nutrients slowly with irrigation water. Sandy soils have less ability to hold nutrients than other soils, and soluble nutrients can leach out very quickly.


How can you increase soils ability to hold water?

In order for soil to increase its ability to hold water it must have a higher amount of clay present in it. The more clay present in the soil, the more water it will hold. The opposite to this is how sandy or grainy the soil is, if it is too sandy then it will not hold water very well.