Water Retention Practical Quiz

How much water is poured into each cone during the experiment?

• 50 ml

• 100 ml

• 25 ml

• 75 ml

What is the purpose of folding the filter paper into cone shapes?

• To fit into the funnel

• To measure the water

• To hold the soil sample

• To act as a timer

How long should the timer be set for after pouring water into the cone?

• 3 minutes

• 5 minutes

• 10 minutes

• 2 minutes

What is measured after the timer goes off in the experiment?

• How much water has come through the soil

• The weight of the soil

• The temperature of the water

• The size of the filter paper

What is one of the points to include in the conclusion of an experiment?

• The aim of the experiment

• The materials used

• The time taken

• The number of participants

What was the independent variable?

• The filter paper

• The type of soil

• The person who did the experiment

• The time

What was the dependent variable?

• How water water came through

• How much soil came through

• The type of soil

• The colour of the soil

What should you do if your hypothesis was incorrect?

• Change it to be correct

• Ignore it and hope the teacher doesn't see

• Talk about the reason why in your discussion and conclusion

• I am never wrong

What was the trend in your graph?

• The soil with larger grain size let more water through

• The soil with smaller grains let more water through

• I didn't do a graph

• There was no pattern in the data