Origin of Soil and Grain Size V2

What is the Specific Gravity (Gs) of a material?

• Unit weight of the material

• Unit weight of water

• Unit weight of water to the unit weight of the material

• Unit weight of the material to the unit weight of water

Mechanical analysis is the determination of the size range of particles present in a soil, expressed as a percentage of the total dry weight.

• True

• False

Particle-size distribution of soil can be determined by

• Shaking Analysis

• Mineral Analysis

• Hydrometer Analysis

• Sieve Analysis

• 0.69

• 7.69

• 0.33

• 5.79

• 0.69

• 7.69

• 0.33

• 5.79

• 0.69

• 7.69

• 0.93

• 4.56

• 0.69

• 7.69

• 0.93

• 4.56

What is the percentage of CLAY?

• 21%

• 61%

• 10%

• 8%

What is the percentage of SILT?

• 21%

• 61%

• 10%

• 8%

What is the percentage of SAND?

• 21%

• 61%

• 10%

• 8%