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armygirl

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What three factors affect porosity?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What three factors affect permeability?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: Porosity is the ratio of total volume of pore spaces in a soil or rock to total volume of soil or rock. Porosity is affected by the size, shape, and packing of particles.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Permeability is the ease with which water flows through a material. Permeability is affected by pore spacesspecifically the number, size, and interconnection of pore spaces.



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