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    The document discusses permeability and porosity in soils and rocks. It defines permeability as how well a material allows water to flow through it, with more porous materials having higher permeability. Porosity is defined as the amount of space between particles, which determines how much water the material can hold. Materials with many pores or fractures, like gravel or fractured rock, have higher permeability and allow faster water movement than compressed or impermeable materials with few pores.

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    PermeabilitY: Go with the flow

    Permeability— is how well soil or rock allows


    water to flow through it. Rock or soil materials with large
    pores transmit water more quickly. Some materials, called
    impermeable, may not allow water to pass through them at
    all.

    Draw a possible path water could take down through these


    layers. Where does water move the fastest? The slowest?

    Ground
    surface

    Sandy
    layer

    Gravel
    layer

    Fractured
    rock

    Compressed
    layers of
    rock

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    POROSITY: Not just Empty Space

    Porosity—how much space there is between particles


    of rock or soil. The more space between the particles, the
    more water the rocks and soil can hold.

    Fractured Rock

    Gravel

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    Permeability Puzzler

    Permeability: Color in a path that water could travel through the two mazes
    below with a blue colored pencil or marker.

    #1

    #2

    Which one allows water to flow more freely?_____________________


    Example number two will allow the water to flow
    more freely.

    Illustrations courtesy of the “The Water Sourcebooks” EPA/904-R-94-017 (a-d)


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