Percolation Rate of Soil
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Which of the following soil has the highest rate of percolation?
- Loamy soil
- Clay soil
- Sandy soil
- Percolation rate is same for all types of soil.
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Razia conducted an experiment in the field related to the rate of percolation. She observed that it took 40 min for 200 ml of water to percolate through the soil sample. Calculate the rate of percolation.
- 3
Which among the following options correctly represents the percolation rate for a sample of soil?
Amount of water (mL)Percolation time (mins)
Percolation time (mins)Amount of water (mL)
Amount of water (mL) Mass of soil (kg)
Amount of soil(kg)Percolation time (mins)
Appu’s father wants to grow onions on his farm. Appu’s farm has three kinds of soil in different areas. Onions grow best in loamy soil. So, Appu decided to measure the percolation rate for the three different soils on his farm. He used a device like the one shown below. Appu, however, forgot and added different quantities of water while testing the percolation rate for each soil. He measured the time taken for all the water added to the device to percolate and tabulated them.
Soil NumberQuantity of water addedTime taken to percolate completelySoil 1500 mL300 minutesSoil 2200 mL30 minutesSoil 3100 mL300 minutes
Which soil must be used to grow onions?
Soil 1
Soil 2
Soil 3
None of the above
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- A, D, E
- B, D, E
- A, C, F
- C, D, F
Which soil among the following would you expect to have the highest percolation rate?
Loamy
Sandy
Clayey
Black
- Sandy soil
- Clayey soil
- Loamy soil
- Silty soil
- 40 mL
- 40 mL/min
- 20 mL/min
- 20 min
- Amount of water (mL)Percolation time (min)
- Percolation time (min)Amount of water (mL)
- Amount of water (mL) Mass of soil (kg)
- Amount of soil(kg)Percolation time (min)
Which soil among the following would you expect to have the highest percolation rate?
Black
Sandy
Loamy
Clayey
- Sandy soil
- Bricks
- Clay soil
- Loamy soil
- 800s
- 600s
- 200s
- 400s
A certain sample of soil is used for testing the percolation rate. The amount of water taken is 400 ml and the percolation time measured is 10 mins. What is the percolation rate?
40 mL
40 mL/min
20 mL/min
20 min
- Clay soil
- Sandy soil
- Loamy soil
- Percolation rate is same for all types of soil.
- Clayey soil
- Silty soil
- Sandy soil
- Loamy soil
- 10 ml/min
- 6 ml/min
- 12 ml/min
- 8 ml/min
Three conditions critical for growing plants are soil, temperature, chemical balance or amount of moisture.
- Or
- Critical
- For growing
- Amount
- None of these
- Rainwater washes way the top soil.
- Rainwater percolates through soil efficiently.
- Rainwater does not cause any change in soil.
(a) sandy soil
(b) loamy soil
(c) clayey soil
(d) mixture of sandy and loamy soil
Which among the following options correctly represents the percolation rate for a sample of soil?
Amount of water (mL)Percolation time (mins)
Percolation time (mins)Amount of water (mL)
Amount of water (mL) Mass of soil (kg)
Amount of soil(kg)Percolation time (mins)
- 500
A certain sample of soil is used for testing the percolation rate. The amount of water taken is 400 ml and the percolation time measured is 10 mins. What is the percolation rate?
20 min
40 mL
40 mL/min
20 mL/min
Appu’s father wants to grow onions on his farm. Appu’s farm has three kinds of soil in different areas. Onions grow best in loamy soil. So, Appu decided to measure the percolation rate for the three different soils on his farm. He used a device like the one shown below. Appu, however, forgot and added different quantities of water while testing the percolation rate for each soil. He measured the time taken for all the water added into the device to percolate and tabulated them.
Soil NumberQuantity of water addedTime taken to percolate completelySoil 1500 mL300 minutesSoil 2200 mL30 minutesSoil 3100 mL300 minutes
Which soil must be used to grow onions?
Soil 3
Soil 1
Soil 2
None of the above
Some water was added to three different soil samples and the amount of water that seeped in and got retained was noted. Can you distinguish the three different soil types based on the diagrams made? Choose the option that labels all three soil types correctly.
a – Sandy, b – Clayey, c – Loamy
a – Clayey, b –Loamy, c – Sandy
a – Loamy, b – Clayey, c – Sandy
a – Sandy, b – Loamy, c – Clayey
The given formula amount of water (ml)time(min.) is used to calculate which of the following processes?
humidity
climate
percolation rate
evaporation