Neco 2025 Geography Question 37

Practice objective / multiple choice question 37 from the 2025 Neco Geography examination.

Neco 2025 Geography Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 37 NECO • 2025 • GEOGRAPHY • objective

A soil has the following particle‑size percentages: sand \(45\%\), silt \(30\%\), clay \(25\%\). (a) Identify its textural class according to the USDA soil‑texture triangle. (b) If the bulk density of this soil is \(1.45\) g cm\(^{-3}\) and its total porosity is \(0.48\), estimate the amount of water (in cm\(^3\) cm\(^{-3}\) of soil) that the soil can hold at field capacity, assuming field capacity corresponds to \(0.33\) of the total porosity.

Answer Options

A. silt loam; 0.120 cm³ cm⁻³
Correct Answer B. loam; 0.158 cm³ cm⁻³
C. sandy loam; 0.174 cm³ cm⁻³
D. clay loam; 0.142 cm³ cm⁻³
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
loam; 0.158 cm³ cm⁻³

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This is Neco 2025 Geography Question 37. It is one of the objective questions from the 2025 Neco Geography examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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