Does water soak into some kinds of soil faster than others?
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Yes, that is a true statement
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http://natres.psu.ac.th/Link/SoilCongress/bdd/symp9/1375-t.pdf
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The one that heats up faster AND to higher temperatures is soil.\n\nWater can not gain or lose heat as quickly as soil due to latent heat. Water absorbs heat until it reaches the next phase change (vaporization) in which the water changes state.
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It does, tho not necessarily rain that's made of water. It could be acid rain or something like that.
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That's going to depend on what kind of plant it is, what kind of soil it's in, and how fast water evaporates.\n\nFor most plants, just keep the soil moist but not marshy.  If you're seeing mold or moss, you're watering too much.
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I've seen it done that way....although once it gets wet and dries it's REAL fast....not very indicative of the usual greens we amateurs play on ;)
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It is possible that the color of the water absorbed by the plant could tint the leaves darker than the leaves would be if the plant absorbed clear, colorless water.  This might effect the growth rate.\n\nAlso, the color of the water could be due to a chemical that affects growth rate, so in this case, yes the rate could be affected.
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Nitrogen gets into the soil from manure, fertilizer. Plants such as clover, alfalfa, and soybeans put nitrogen into the soil from the air.
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Depends on the soil and what chemical process was used, but mostly plant nutrients. Very helpful website below.
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This is more of a biological question, but as water enters soil, a plant's roots will essentially "drink" the water and provide the plant with it. The process of how the plant takes in the water is unknown at least to me.
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any vegetable ash, contains alkalis that is pottassium and sodium hydroxides (or oxides if fresh) (oxides rapidly absorb moisture from air to form hydroxides.) Alkali react with acids to form salts and water so ashes reduce soil acidity. Any plant matter contains pottassium and sodium also other metals such as magnesium and calcium, all end up as hydroxides in the ash, all react with soil acids. The more calcium and magnesium in the ash the slower but more long lasting the effect as these are less soluble so not washed out of the soil quickly. Ash should be spread onto soil and mixed with the top layer, if rainfall in area is low it should be watered in otherwise allow natural rainfall to do that, the amount of ash to use would depend on the acidity of soil and relative concentration of Na , K vs Ca and Mg
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it depends on the properties of water extracted at that place,it could be any thing for obvious reasons.it depends on H+ ions..it depends on acidic property of soil, pollution, type of pollutio,wher that water is coming from like upstream properties.its hard to say.
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Actually, the micro-organisms in the soil emanate some gases when their lifeline, water reaches them. U dont need a rain for that smell. Water ur garden, u will start smellin it in 1 min.
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When it rains, it can do one of two things... be absorbed into the ground OR runoff into low-lying areas.\n\nSeveral factors can determine whether rain will become groundwater or runoff.\n\n1.)Type of soil - sandy soils are more porous and allows water to pass through more easily than those such as clay soils. Therefore soil type will determine drainage.\n2.)Type & amount of vegetation - Vegetation can either allow runoff by inhibiting drainage or can allow for the slow down of water movement which would allow it to be absorbed. It just depends on how much & the type.\n3.)Slope/steepness of an area - steeper areas are more likely to lead to runoff rather than absorbtion.\n4.)Ground saturation levels - if the ground is already saturated w/ water it will not hold anymore & will lead to runoff.\n\nDepth can be determined by...\n1.)Depth of bedrock or basement rock - This could be a nonporous/impermeable rock which just means that it won't allow water to move through. If the bedrock type won't allow drainage then that is where the water will stop.\n2.)The depth of the water table - if the water table is deeper, then the deeper the water will have to travel before reaching it.
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Quicksand rarely deeper than a few feet and can occur almost anywhere if the right conditions are present. Quicksand is ordinary sand that has been saturated with water that the friction between sand particles is reduced. The resulting sand is a mushy mixture of sand and water that can no longer support any weight. \n\nIf you step into quicksand, it won't suck you down. However, your movements will cause you to dig yourself deeper into it.
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I think the powder gets absorbed quicker.
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I think when plant absorb water, or H2O, they use the H, or the hydrogen, and aspirate (or "exhale" in animal terms) the oxygen they take in as a liquid as a gas. The aspiration I believe is very slow and could take 100 plants 100 years, longer than the average lifespan of a human being, to see significant increases in oxygen levels.