GEO TERMS: INTRODUCTION TO SOIL MECHANICS Flashcards
dispersed type of soil structure is an arrangement comprising particles having _____
A. face to face or parallel orientation
B. edge to edge orientation
C. edge to face orientation
D. all of the above
A. face to face or parallel orientation
the soil moisture driven off by heat is called _____
A. free water
B. hydroscopic water
C. gravity water
D. none of these
B. hydroscopic water
residual soils are formed by _____
A. glaciers
B. wind
C. water
D. none of the above
D. none of the above
“talus” is the soil transported by _____
A. wind
B. water
C. glacier
D. gravitational force
D. gravitational force
chemical weathering of soil is caused due to _____
A. oxidation
B. carbonation
C. hydration
D. all the above
D. all the above
which of the following types of soil is transported by gravitational forces?
A. loess
B. talus
C. drift
D. dune sand
B. talus
geologic cycle for the formation of soil is _____
A. upheaval — transportation — deposition — weathering
B. weathering — upheaval — transportation — deposition
C. transportation — upheaval — weathering — deposition
D. weathering — transportation — deposition — upheaval
D. weathering — transportation — deposition — upheaval
the inventor of the term soil mechanics was _____
A. Kayro Policarpio
B. Dr. Karl Terzaghi
C. Leygue
D. Fellenius
B. Dr. Karl Terzaghi
water formed transported soil is _____
A. alluvial
B. marine
C. lacustrine
D. loess
A. alluvial
“drift” is the material picked up, mixed, disintegrated, transported and redeposited by _____
A. wind
B. gravitational force
C. glaciated water
D. all the above
C. glaciated water
“loess” is silty clay formed by the action of _____
A. water
B. glacier
C. wind
D. gravitational force
C. wind
pick up the correct statement from the following:
A. the rise of the ground surface due to frost action is called frost heave
B. the freezing of water is accompanied by a volume increase of 9%
C. below freezing point, higher soil suction develops
D. all the above
D. all the above
transporting and re-depositing soils is done by _____
A. water
B. glacier
C. gravity
D. all the above
D. all the above
pick up the correct statement from the following:
A. soil is the substance existing on the earth’s surface, which grows and develops plants
B. soil is the material in a relatively thin surface zone within which roots occur, and rest of the crust is termed as rock irrespective of hardness
C. soil is the unaggregated and uncemented deposits of minerals and organic particles covering the earth’s crust
D. all the above
D. all the above
