Midterm Flashcards
1
Q
What’s saturation?
A
Maximum water capacity a soil can hold
2
Q
What’s field capacity?
A
The water content remaining after 2-3 days the soil was saturated once free-drainage stops
3
Q
What’s the permanent wilting point?
A
When plants wilt and fail to recover turgidity at this largest water content
4
Q
What’s the hygroscopic coefficient?
A
how much water is in a soil when it’s in equilibrium with some standard relative humidity
5
Q
Porosity?
A
Proportion of a soil that isn’t occupied by solids. Affects water movement
