Soil Test
Aim- To conduct an experiment on 2 samples on soil and the pH level
of the soil and the water holding capacity of a soil type.
Things Required: soil samples, water, test tubes, crucible, Bunsen
burner, pH strip, universal indicator, filter paper, water, weighing
scale, beaker, etc.
Procedure:
-We need to take some of the soils into a beaker and add water to
each beaker and leave it for a while for it to form layers.
-We need to take some of each soil into 2 test tubes and add some
water to test the pH by using the pH strips or the universal indicator.
-Then we take some of each soil with water added and measure each
soil and put it over the Bunsen burner for all the after to evaporate
and we measure the weight of the soil after its dry to find out the
water holding capacity of each soil type.
Result:
Soil type Layers pH Water holding
Clay Soil 4 6-7 2.6%
Sandy soil 2 9-10 1.7%
Conclusion- From this we can see that clay soil has more water
holding capacity and clay soil is less alkaline than sandy soil. As the
size of a grain of sand is much lesser than the clay soil the clay soil
can hold more water and as the sand is smaller the water can pass
through quicker. This is also why the layers form lesser in the sandy
soil and more layers in the clay soil.
-Aryan Puri
