Permeable and Impermeable

What is permeability?

• The amount of space between particles

• The ability to hold water

• The number of openings in your face

• The ability to allow water to flow through

Which is most permeable?

• Gravel

• Clay

• Sand

_______________ is the ability of a substance to allow another substance to pass through it, especially the ability of a porous rock, sediment, or soil to transmit fluid through pores and cracks.

• Permeability

• Runoff

• Pores

• Porosity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

As permeability increases

• Infiltration decreases and runoff decreases

• Infiltration increases and runoff decreases

• Infiltration decreases and runoff increases

• Infiltration increases and runoff increases

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What type of sediment tends to be the most impermeable?

• sand

• clay

• silt

• rocks

A porous rock can be impermeable

• true

• false

______ is more permeable since water passes through it

• gravel

• sand

• clay

• Silt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the main difference between permeable and impermeable materials?

• Permeable materials allow water to pass through, impermeable materials do not

• Permeable materials are always natural, impermeable materials are synthetic

• Permeable materials are lighter, impermeable materials are heavier

• Permeable materials are solid, impermeable materials are liquid

Which of the following is an example of an impermeable material?

• Gravel

• Sand

• Clay

• Silt

In an experiment, a student pours water over different soil samples. Which soil sample is likely to have the highest permeability?

• Clay

• Silt

• Sand

• Loam