Porosity/Permeability/Capillarity

The process of water traveling into the ground is called...

• Porosity

• Infiltration

• Runoff

• Condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water that passes through soil is said to be....

• Permable

• Impermeable

• Capillary Action

• Downwarping

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The amount of space between soil particles is called...

• Permeability

• Porosity

• Runoff

• Capillary Action

Rounded sediments have what type of permeability?

• Fast

• Slow

Loosely packed sediments have what type of permeability?

• Fast

• Slow

Well sorted sediments have what type of permeability?

• Fast

• Slow

Angled sediments have what type of permeability?

• Fast

• Slow

Tightly packed sediments have what type of permeability?

• Fast

• Slow

Mixed sediments have what type of permeability?

• Fast

• Slow

Rounded sediments have what type of porosity?

• High

• Low