Geography problem set
1) A cylinder was used to sample the bulk density of beach sand and soil clay from More Mesa.
A) The cylinder was 2 cm long with an inside diameter of 3.4 cm. What is its volume? (2 points)
B) What is the density of the sand filling this cylinder if it has a dry mass of 25.8 g? (2 points)
C) What is the density of the clay filling the same size cylinder if it has a dry mass of 22.9 g?
(2 points)
D) What is the porosity of the sand? (2 points)
E) What is the porosity of the clay? (2 points)
F) Which of the samples has more microporosity? Why? (2 points)