Gce Model Questions Vol1 2018 Geography Question 6
Practice objective / multiple choice question 6 from the 2018 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Geography examination.
A soil sample consists of 60 % sand, 30 % silt and 10 % clay by weight. The field capacity (FC) can be estimated by \(FC = 0.2S + 0.4Si + 0.5C\) where S, Si and C are the percentages of sand, silt and clay respectively. The sample also contains 5 % stones by volume, which do not hold water. Calculate the effective volumetric field capacity of the soil (as a decimal fraction of total soil volume).
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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2018 Geography Question 6. It is one of the objective questions from the 2018 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Geography examination.
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