Practice Infiltration Capacity Curves (30.4) - Classification of Infiltration Capacities

Practice: Infiltration Capacity Curves

Lesson 30.4Classification of Infiltration Capacities

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Question 1.
What does infiltration capacity refer to?
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Think about what happens when it rains on different types of soil.
Question 2.
What is Horton’s Equation used for?
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Focus on the time-related changes in infiltration.
3Question 3.
What does infiltration capacity indicate?
- Minimum water absorption rate
- Maximum water absorption rate
- Average water absorption rate
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Think about high performance versus low performance.
4Question 4.
Horton’s Equation describes how infiltration capacity changes over time.
- True
- False
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Consider what happens during prolonged rain.
Question 5.
A soil has an initial infiltration capacity of 80 mm/h and a final capacity of 20 mm/h with a decay constant of 0.05. Calculate the infiltration capacity after 15 hours.
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Make sure to calculate the exponent part first!
Question 6.
In an agricultural field, using Philip’s Equation, if sorptivity S is 10 and A is 5, calculate f(t) when t = 4.
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Focus on calculating the time component's exponent correctly.

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