Question

A bucket of dirt! Dirt or soil is a mixture of many particles. Each kind of particle in a bucket of soil has unique properties. Here are four particles that make up soil. What property would you use to separate the four particles? A) color B) minerals C) shape D) size

Answer 1

B) Minerals

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Answer 2

D) size

Step-by-step explanation:

Soils have a network of physical complexes of solid surfaces, pores and interfaces that provide the environment for countless chemical, biological and physical processes.

The nature and properties of the individual particles, their size distribution, and their arrangement in soils are what determine the total volume of the porous space, as well as the size of the pores, thus impacting the water and air relationships. The size of the particles, the amount of water, and the plasticity of the colloidal fraction help to determine the stability of the soil in response to the traffic load force or coming from the construction superstructure.

However, the size of the particles is more important when we want to separate them. That's because Gravel is a very large and much larger particle than Sand, Silt and Clay, which are successively larger than each other.