c) a burner gives heat through the air without touching the object Weve pioneered distance learning for over 50 years, bringing university to you wherever you are so you can fit study around your life. Measurement of Coefficient of Permeability of Soil 6. b) all the rocks were depoisted with the youngest on the bottom d) composite volcano, which of the following processes is not considered to be chemical weathering? c) a line that connects all the high points on a topographic map b) perched the amount of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold: D. . d) meanders, which of the following settings contains the least amount of water? d) volcanic activity releases Co2 and water vapor that can cause atmospheric warming Porosity and Permeability. The definition of hydraulic conductivity (usually denoted "K" in hydrology formulas) is the rate at which water moves through material. D. It absorbs most of the water it contains from rivers. Groundwater is used for drinking water by more than 50 percent of the people in the United States, including almost everyone who lives in rural areas. Porosity is more associated with storage of water, while permeability is more associated with groundwater movement and flow. e) a and b only, where does the quartz in granite usually end up? a) trees are cleared for small farms so that people can live off the land a) centrifugal force that causes water to bulge along the poles e) none of these, Which of the following would not be considered a volcanic hazard? Personalise your OpenLearn profile, save your favourite content and get recognition for your learning, Download this course for use offline or for other devices. Most of the water on Earth is found- in oceans Porosity- how much water soil can HOLD High porosity- materials that are well-sorted and round Low Porosity- Materials that are mixed and regular Permeability- how easily water can flow or pass through rock or soil Lowest permeability rock- Shale, silt, clay Aquifer- rock that contains groundwater . Groundwater is water that exists in the pore spaces and fractures in rock and sediment beneath the Earth's surface. d) continental shelves along passive margins, how did the South Atlantic Ocean form? e) metamorphism, A rock is subjected to differential stress, then it means that: a) mineral deposits relate to granites a) as small clay minerals that are deposited in lakes and the sea It is stored in and moves slowly through geologic formations of soil, sand and rocks called aquifers. The fractional volume of pores that are interconnected is referred to as effective porosity. d) oceanic trenches Effective porosity (ne) is defined as the ratio of the volume of interconnected pore spaces (VI) to the total volume (VT) as defined in Equation 6 and illustrated in Figure 7. Permeability: a measure of the ability of a material (such as rocks) to transmit fluids Porosity and permeability are related properties of any rock or loose sediment. c) a lake can gain water if it is lower then the water table in areas adjacent to the lake c) ice and snow that are permanently in motion b) rotation of minerals into a common orientation Water can be held tighter in small pores than in large ones, so fine soils can hold more water than coarse soils. e) none of the above, b) large cross beds in a well stored sandstone usually indicate deposition by wind, which of the following is most likely to occur at shallow crustal levels? e) a and b only, which of the following rocks cannot be metamorphosed? e) sand, gravel, and stone, geology 1301 - natural hazards & disasters, Combo with "Miller Ch 10 Geology Processes, H, Applications and Investigations In Earth Science, Dennis G. Tasa, Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens. a) transport of the clast over long distance For example, to determine the effective porosity of a granular earth material, a sample volume is collected, allowed to dry completely, and then water is introduced slowly to the base of the sample (so that air can escape from the top). Sediments decrease in porosity as the angularity of the grains increases because the grains can pack more closely together, the bumps of some grains fitting into indentations in others (Figure 14c). b) Africa and North America collided to form the Appalachian Mountains d) ionic bond, The most important class of rock-forming minerals on Earth is: b) the magnetic signal of the seafloor formed with this polarity would be weaker compared to adjacent areas of the seafloor d)islands in the southwestern Pacific ocean Porosity can be referred to or considered as the ability of the water to penetrate through the pores contained inside a rock, and the . e) none of these, which of the following is not one of the main families of rocks? a) an oil seep b) near magma but at deep levels Imagine pouring water onto . b) melting and solidification b) precipitation refers to minerals coating sand grains with natural cement These pores are isolated from the active groundwater system, thus do not contribute to exchange of groundwater storage or transmission of groundwater. 39. b) the crust is thicker e) atmosphere, which of the following is correctly described part of the hydrologic cycle? However, groundwater, even flowing through rocks with hydraulic conductivities as high as 1 m per day, will only have a speed of around 3 103 m per day under the hydraulic gradient from the Chilterns to London, and will take thousands of years to travel the same distance. d) gray granite It is also possible that, when saturating the sample, some connected pores that are dead-ends will be included in the measurement and some will not (Figure 9). by dissolution, such as uid temperature, pressure, pH value, porosity, permeability, and. e) all of the above are common triggers for slope failure, e) all of the above are common triggers for slope failure, which of the following slope failures is least likely to cause casualties? a) a lake that is above the water table may lose water to groundwater d) shale not as high (water more gentle -lower relief), relationship between the height of the stream and the height of the water table, the stream is the surface expression of the water table, what causes cone of depression to be larger, can cause a well to go dry d) prevailing wind direction Types of Aquifers 3. c) medium grained granite c) unfractured granite b) mountain belt or island arc b) they can be buried and decay, leaving a cavity in the rock c) rock vanish In a material that holds groundwater, porosity: a) controls the amount of water that can be sorted b) determines the compostion of the cement between grains and clasts c) does not depend on the size and shape of grains and clasts d) is constant from one type of material to another. The amount of water held between field capacity and permanent wilting . Ground Water Occurrence 2. This is referred to as secondary porosity, to distinguish it from the intergranular, or primary, porosity. b. HF\mathrm{HF}HF will have a lower vapor pressure at 50C-50^{\circ} \mathrm{C}50C than HBr\mathrm{HBr}HBr. d) channel of a braided river b) thermal expansion Round particles will pack more tightly than particles with sharp edges. c) volcanoes After dissolution, porosity was greater than before dissolution, increasing by 0.140%, 0.038%, 0.042%, and 0.126%, respectively . b) rapid seafloor spreading displaces water from ocean basins d) prettiness, a mineral property that can be observed without using a test is: a) millions of layers of light-and-dark colored sediment that record yearly cycles a) a weak current d) all of the above b) turbulence of the water is less important than the temp, which affects viscosity c) the ocean Which material has . a) atmosphere a) alluvial fan which of the following best explains what a contour line is? b) 100 meters d) Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio mimics in a subdued way the topography of the earth's surface. 1999-2023. b) crystals of salt and other minerals that exert outward force on fractures 3.6 Specific Yield and Specific Retention, 3.7 Interrelationship of Effective Porosity, Specific Yield and Specific Retention, 4.6 Further Investigation of Darcys Law, Head, Gradient and Hydraulic Conductivity, 5.1 Conditions Effecting Hydraulic Conductivity Values, 5.2 Methods to Estimate Hydraulic Conductivity, 5.3 Hydraulic Conductivity Values for Earth Materials, 5.4 Spatial and Directional Variation of Hydraulic Conductivity, 5.5 Hydraulic Conductivity of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Materials, 5.6 Hydraulic Conductivity in Fractured Rocks, 6.4 Properties of Aquifers and Confining Units, 7.2 Governing Equations for Confined Transient Groundwater Flow, 7.3 Governing Equations for Unconfined Groundwater Flow, 7.4 Steady State Equations Describing Confined and Unconfined Flow, 8.2 Determining Groundwater Flow Directions, 8.3 The Influence of Boundary Conditions, 8.4 Analysis of Groundwater Flow Systems, Box 1 Density of Common Minerals, Rock Types and Soils, Box 3 Foundation for Understanding Hydraulic Head and Force Potentials, Box 4 Methods for Estimating Hydraulic Conductivity, Box 5 Equation Derivation for Equivalent K and a 4-layer Application, Box 6 Adding Recharge to the Unconfined Aquifer System, Box 7 Transformation for 2-D Flow in an Anisotropic Medium, Box 8 Deriving the Tangent Law of Refraction. d) a rising plume of hot mantle material, Which of the following features is associated with a subduction zone? Course Hero is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university. The input number may contain letters. The total volume of open space in which the groundwater can reside is porosity. The actual speed of groundwater flow (v) is given by: where n is the porosity of the rock. d) conducting seismic surveys to investigate rock layers a) Asia rifted apart form Europe c) when an ocean current reverses direction resulting in cooler sea temp in the eastern pacific c) for half of the parent atoms to decay into daughter atoms d) ice caps and glaciers a) spring water Which of the following materials has low porosity and low permeability. Groundwater exists everywhere there is porosity. a) liquid water c) dolostone In the zone of weather called the ____________, pressure always _________ with increasing altitude and temperature usually _________ with increasing altitude. e) none of the above, c) waves can erode, deposit, or simply transport sediment, factors that affect the appearance of a shoreline include: b) lithosphere Another type of secondary porosity is solution porosity, which develops where part of a rock has been dissolved, leaving open spaces (Figure 14e). Lowers water table/ . What is a possible way to increase permeability? c) cementation excess pumping c. Cl2\mathrm{Cl}_2Cl2 will have a higher boiling point than Ar\mathrm{Ar}Ar. Porosity tells the sampler how much fluid the ground can hold, and the permeability describes how easily and quickly fluid travels through it. closed-cell foam).. The ability of the ground water to pass through the pore spaces in the rock is described as the rock's permeability. Porosity is a description of how much space there could be to hold water under the ground, and permeability describes how those pores are shaped and interconnected. Porosity is the amount of pore space that is between particles in soil or rocks. Lecture notes Dr. J.K Mwangi ECE 2402; Hydrology I 2 Occurrence of groundwater Figure 1: Classification of sub-surface water Saturated zone: Here water completely fills all the pore spaces between the soil grains forming a huge underground reservoir. Saint Helens less water - lower land The part that continues downward through the soil until it reaches rock material that is saturated is groundwater recharge. . c) as a general term to describe how, something such as a landscape has changed over time d) the amount of stress is greater in some directions than in others, d) the amount of stress is greater in some directions than in others, what causes the stress that forms joints c) confined c) the rock cycle b) coarse granite d) delta along an ocean or lake e) weather it is a permanent or ephemeral stream, d) the velocity and turbulence of the current, which of the following features are generally not associated with mountain streams and rivers? Free drainage occurs because of the force of gravity pulling on the water. 36. creates limitation on future water supply, reduce use of water by all sectors and encourage recycling of water, the unsaturated zone above the water table, the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area Dead-end pores are only likely to impact the magnitude of the effective porosity when their volume makes up a significant portion of the sample. Want to achieve your ambition? e. number of Ca2+\mathrm{Ca}^{2+}Ca2+ ions in 4.71gCa3(PO4)24.71 \mathrm{~g} \mathrm{Ca}_3\left(\mathrm{PO}_4\right)_24.71gCa3(PO4)2. b) a transform fault to a spreading center In some permeable materials groundwater may move several metres in a day; in other places, it moves only . b) abyssal plain This results in a soil moisture content in volume . 2. subsidence and compaction of the aquifer a) the water temperature a) all rocks were originally deposited horizontally e) open ocean away from land, which of these environments is least likely to deposit siltstone or shale? A contaminant enters the ground water, it flows along with the water and disperses within the water and forms this down gradient (downstream) of the point of entry. d) are composed of lava flows, pyroclastic material, and mudflows Permeable layers of rock that store and transport water are called aquifers. b) the presence of coral reefs on land c) width of the beach a) Hawaii The volume of void space is 2 ml (2 cm3). Permeability is a physical property of. d) some parts that are reddish and others that are not b) the distribution of hard and soft rocks If a disturbed unconsolidated sample needs to be repacked into a container for porosity testing, it is best if the degree of compaction is noted for the native field conditions (e.g., by using a cone penetrometer or a standard penetration test). Groundwater is the water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock. Aflow throughpermeabilityporosity . a) quartzite The outflow maybe into a stream, lake, spring, wetland, etc. c) creep OpenLearn works with other organisations by providing free courses and resources that support our mission of opening up educational opportunities to more people in more places. funnels, are the result of groundwater and seawater erosion as . Porosity (how well rock material holds water) is also affected by the shape of rock particles. Test Prep. b) fills c) limestone c) they can be preserved in ancient tree sap When such zones are penetrated by wells, the water rises above the point at which it was first found because a confined aquifer is under pressure exceeding that of atmospheric pressure. If the rocks have low porosity and permeability, the radius of influence will be larger. b) daily heating and cooling of the seas, which causes seawater to contract and expand c) beach along and ocean or lake d) it is converted into feldspar and weathers into clay, c) it ends up as sand in rivers, dunes, and beaches, which of the following is not a source of material for soil? d) large, angular, poorly sorted clasts reflect a large amount of transportation b) steep slopes 2. septic tanks (2010). 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Porosity and Permeability Lab Porosity and Permeability Lab The terms porosity and permeability are related. a) water pressure 2. lowers water table e) all the above, which of the following is true about how shorelines are affected from the water side? d) all of the above, Which of the following is evidence that Earth's history is not short? porosity - the amount of empty space in a rock or other earth substance; this empty space is known as pore space. c) the position of the hydrogen atoms on one side of the molecule Porosity determines the amount of water that a rock or sediment can contain. Calculate the following. d) 100 feet, wind moves sediment by: e) all of the above, Which of the following resources do geologic ages help us explore? Water usually helps to dissolve limestone by forming a weak, carbonic acid. c) hardness b) working of clasts by waves on a beach What does the porosity of a material depend on? What Is Porosity And How Is It Related To Permeability? Igneous and metamorphic rocks generally have very low porosity, because of their interlocking crystals. b) reverse e) all of the above, what is the primary reason an increase in glaciers on land would cause sea level to fall? If there was no pore space in the 10 cm3 sample the final volume of water would be 110 ml. c) shaking during an earthquake b) the magnetic properties of hydrogen b) quaternary d) hydrolysis c) tar pits The area or zone where groundwater emerges from the aquifer. The effective porosity may equal, or be less than, the total porosity (n) of the sample (Table 1 and 2). d) V-shaped valleys the ability of a material to allow fluids to pass through an interconnected network of pores. a) a great thickness of oceanic sediment trapped within the central rift a) mid-ocean ridge An aquifer is a large body of permeable material where groundwater is present and fills all pore space. d) petroleum e) none of the above, a) the depth to which wave action extends, which of the following can influence weather a shoreline gains or loses sand with time? We measure porosity by the percentage of empty space that exists within a particular porous media. a) a compass needle would point south d) water from precipitation and snowmelt The permittivity develops the electric field, whereas the permeability develops the magnetic field. Eventually it emerges back to the land surface, into rivers, and into the oceans to keep the water cycle going. An estimated 77 billion gallons per day of fresh groundwater was pumped in the United States in 1995, which is about 8 percent of the estimated 1 trillion gallons per day of natural recharge to the Nation's groundwater resources. d) heating occurs in deserts of the American Southwest during summer time e) none of these, d) are composed of lava flows, pyroclastic material, and mudflows, The most dangerous type of volcano is a: (Hide tip)]. a)the magnetic properties of oxygen Types of Wells 7. b) igneous All Rights Reserved. c) some angular and some rounded clasts c) a piece of California started moving northward up the west coast For example, water flowing through a porous sandstone flows more slowly than water flowing through a granite or limestone when the porosity is provided by just one or two narrow fissures. a) elevation of the land surface near the shore c) weather sea level has risen or fallen relative to the coast c) rain forests a) mountain ranges intercept wind and water affecting rainfall amounts a) Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina In some permeable materials groundwater may move several meters in a day; in other places, it moves only a few centimeters in a century. e) slate, oil that reaches the surface can form: Dividing both sides of Darcy's law (Equation 1) by A gives: where q is the specific discharge, the volume of water flowing through unit cross-sectional area, i.e. d) cool air rising from the equator and flowing east and west b) have different types of geological hazards what type of aquifer is an artesian well associated with? c) a transform fault to a subduction zone d) for the sun to decay its size by 50 percent, c) for half of the parent atoms to decay into daughter atoms, which of the following is not a way in which fossils can be preserved? c) glaciers depress the land surface which pulls sea level down with it d) swimming pools, the Coriolis effect in the atmosphere is due to: Confining beds vary in permeability and . e) all of the above are ways fossils can be preserved, e) all of the above are ways fossils can be preserved, To what does the term evolution refer? c) convergent and divergent d) deep trenches, A divergent plate boundary is most likely associated with a(n): a) mid-ocean ridges b) clockwise in the southern hemisphere c) biosphere d) cleavage permanent - can stop it but not undo it, 1. pesticides and herbicides From the following data, obtained at 360K360 \mathrm{~K}360K: (b) determine the initial rate of disappearance of X\mathrm{X}X when the concentration of X\mathrm{X}X is 0.30M0.30 \mathrm{M}0.30M and that of Y\mathrm{Y}Y is 0.40M0.40 \mathrm{M}0.40M. e) none of the above, b) the fault suddenly uplifts or downdrops the seafloor, which of the following types of faults does not generate earthquakes? The porosity will vary with grain size in the following ways: a.For unconsolidated sediments, the larger the grain size, the lower the porosity (Table 1). b) transform e) change their mineralogy, a) smaller and rounder as they are transported, When a plate boundary changes its orientation, it can change from: The morphology and porosity of prepared composite material were observed by SEM analysis. e) all of the above help define layers. b) quartz rich sandstone d) thousands of isotopic ages measured by different methods d) south America rifted apart from Africa 5. change flow of water characteristics found in all good aquifers. a. number of atoms in 25.7gAl25.7 \mathrm{~g} \mathrm{Al}25.7gAl c) oceanic trenches c) ground water water percolates straight down - pull of gravity, zone where all open spaces in sediment and rock are completely filled with water b) sunlight e) none of the above, d) south America rifted apart from Africa, Which of the following is not a way in which we map and investigate the seafloor? However, there are volcanic rocks that contain gas bubbles and some of these have high porosities. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 1 about the ground that we walk on? a) mid ocean ridge The amount of water that a rock can store depends on its porosity, which is the proportion of the volume of the rock that consists of pores: The principal factors that control porosity are grain size and shape, the degree of sorting (a well-sorted sediment has a narrow range of grain size), the extent to which cement occupies the pore spaces of grains and the amount of fracturing. d) a and b only a) ductile behavior c) 100 mill . Some part of the precipitation that lands on the ground surface infiltrates into the subsurface. The volume of water that fills the void spaces is assumed to represent the volume available to flowing groundwater, VI. 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a) salt d) granite c) seamounts Groundwater is found in two zones. d) all the rocks were deposited with the oldest on the bottom, Mid-ocean ridges are higher than surrounding oceanic crust primarily because: d) the velocity and turbulence of the current c) huge shield volcano Follow the instructions listed in the video and answer the following questions: Each arrow in Figure 2 represents a process or flow of the hydrologic cycle. which type of map or diagram would best indicate would best elevation of the land surface? Tens to thousands of cubic meters of earth materials are often sampled during field-scale tests. e) both a and b, c) the surface area increase as the rock is fractured, what is the common rock that can be dissolved by water and weak acids? . a) shallow seas that are relatively free of suspended sediment d) the lava flow forms lava tubes, Hazards associated with basaltic lava flows and eruptions are: b) brittle deformation which of the following is a good interpretation of the environmental significance of an attribute of a sedimentary rock? a) salty water moving through the deep parts of the crust School Florida International University; Course Title GLY 1010; Type. must go thru the unsaturated zone to the saturated zone, when rate of water pumping is higher than rate of recharge a) uplift and weathering excess pumping, cone of depression d) the inside of tubular breaking wave that is perfect for surfing For a rock to be permeable and for water to move through it, the pore spaces between the grains in the rock must be connected. 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