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WorksheetsWater in Soil (Engineering)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Rate of water flow in soil is indicate by
Cohesion
Permeability
Moisture content
Conductivity
The presence of water in soil will affect largely the engineering properties of soil especially related to seepage and permeability. FALSE OR TRUE?
FALSE
TRUE
The rate of permeability in coarse grain soil is higher than fine grain. TRUE OR FALSE?
FALSE
TRUE
The HIGHER the plasticity of soil, the LESS compressible of the soil. TRUE OR FALSE?
FALSE
TRUE
Who is the father of Geotechnical Engineering?
Christian Otto Mohr
Clausius Cleyperon
John Smith
Karl Von Terzaghi
Water content (moisture content) is given by:
Weight of water/mass of soil
Mass of water/mass of solid
Mass of water/mass of soil
Mass of water/weight of solid
The minimum water content at which the soil just begins to crumble when rolled into threads 3 mm in diameter, is known
Liquid Limit
Plastic Limit
Shrinkage Limit
Plasticity Index
Which one of the following is not a representative of liquid freshwater on Earth?
fresch groundwater, rivers, and streams
rivers, swamps, and freshwater lakes
saline groundwater, ice caps and ground ice
marshes, fresh groundwater, and soil moisture
Which of these will MOST LIKELY happen if an area receives a large amount of rainfall?
The temperature of the area will increase
The groundwater in the area will increase
The number of hurricanes in the ocean will decrease
The level of the oceans will decrease
In which state of energy will water move?
high energy to low energy
low energy to high energy
high energy to high energy
low energy to low energy
Soil that is saturated is said to have a water potential(pore water pressure) of...
Zero
Negative
Positive
Capillarity occurs due to
cohesion and adhesion
gravitational movement
hygroscopic adhesion
As soil particle size decreases, the water holding capacity of the soil
decreases
increases
stays the same
Coefficient of permeability is benefit to
assess drainage characteristics of soil
assess rate of consolidation
to predict rate of settlement of soil bed
all of them
