sws3022 Study Guide with Complete Solutions

sws3022 Study Guide with Complete Solutions T or F; The two forces responsible for water movement in soils are adhesion and cohesion. - Answer️️ -false; gravity and capillary Water's heat of Vaporization is equal to ____________ cal/g. - Answer️️ -580 The bonding that occurs between water molecules in the liquid is called __________ bonding - Answer️️ -hydrogen t or f; Water's density increases as it becomes a solid. - Answer️️ -false t or f; Gravimetric water content is water content by weight - Answer️️ -true _________ is how water molecules form and _________ bonding is between each water molecule - Answer️️ -covalent hydrogen You have a 100 cm3 sample of soil A. The sample is oven dried and weighed. The weight is 160 g. What is the bulk density of soil A? - Answer️️ -1.6 g/cm3 You have a 100 cm3 sample of soil A. The sample is oven dried and weighed. The weight is 160 g. What is the porosity of soil A? - Answer️️ -40% You have a 100 cm3 sample of soil B. The sample is oven dried and weighed. The weight is 120 g. What is the bulk density of soil B? ___________________ - Answer️️ -1.2 g/cm3 ©SOPHIABENNETT EXAM SOLUTIONS_2024/2025 Tuesday, September 3, 2024 10:30 AM Page | 2 You have a 100 cm3 sample of soil B. The sample is oven dried and weighed. The weight is 120 g. What is the porosity of soil B? - Answer️️ -55% You obtain a soil sample with a volume of 400 cm3. It has a moist weight of 450 g and an oven- dry weight of 400 g. What is the Gravimetric water content? Group of answer choices - Answer️️ -Moist weight-dry weight/ dry weight 450-400/400 = 12.5% You obtain a soil sample with a volume of 400 cm3. It has a moist weight of 450 g and an oven- dry weight of 400 g. What is the volumetric water content? - Answer️️ -(Vw/ Vs) 50/400 = 12.5% You obtain a soil sample with a volume of 400 cm3. It has a moist weight of 450 g and an oven- dry weight of 350 g. What is the volumetric water content? Group of answer choices - Answer️️ -100/400 = 25% You obtain a soil sample with a volume of 400 cm3. It has a mo