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41	CAPILLARY MOVEMENT Purpose To show how water rises in sediments of different grain size. Activity I 1. Examine the level the water has risen to between the glass sheets. The water has risen because of capillary movement. Add to Reading List Source URL: www.earth-science-activities.co.uk Language: English - Date: 2013-08-18 13:16:16 Oxides Hydroxides Properties of water Water Glass Chemistry Matter Inorganic solvents
42	ANGLE OF REST Purpose To determine the angle of rest in loose sediments. To determine if the angle of rest is affected by grain size, roundness or sphericity and whether it is different in wet and dry sediments. Geologic Add to Reading List Source URL: www.earth-science-activities.co.uk Language: English - Date: 2014-04-21 06:05:21 Petrology Soil mechanics Geomorphology Angle of repose Roundness Sediment Sorting Sand Particle size Geology Sedimentology Sedimentary rocks
43	Composition and texture of sediments Grain size A P 5 min Students are given 5 or so rocks ranging in grain size from conglomerates to shale and must put them in order of decreasing grain size. This helps students unders Add to Reading List Source URL: www.earth-science-activities.co.uk Language: English - Date: 2013-08-18 13:20:00 Geomorphology Paleogeography Roundness Construction Sphericity Pebble Sorting Ball Sedimentology Metrology Geology
44	Construction materials and civil engineering Roadstone A P F 60 min Students find the best materials for road stone by examining a number of rock samples and working out their grain size, mineral composition, hardness of Add to Reading List Source URL: www.earth-science-activities.co.uk Language: English - Date: 2013-08-18 13:17:59 Geology Construction Sedimentary rocks Gravel Sedimentology Mineral Limestone Granite Tunnel Pavements Petrology Stone
45	GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT Purpose To determine the percentage by weight of each of the size fractions present in a sediment and then to use this information to make deductions about the parent rock, transport and e Add to Reading List Source URL: www.earth-science-activities.co.uk Language: English - Date: 2013-08-18 13:19:35 Geology Normal distribution Sorting Chemical engineering Technology Sieve analysis Cookware and bakeware Materials handling Sieve
46	INVESTIGATING THE PROPERTIES OF IGNEOUS ROCKS Purpose To see if there is any relationship between density, grain size, and percentage of dark minerals in igneous rocks. Activity 1 Measure the density of each sample by we Add to Reading List Source URL: www.earth-science-activities.co.uk Language: English - Date: 2013-08-18 13:19:01 Metamorphic rocks Igneous rock Volcanology Peridotite Diorite Grain Gabbro Granite Petrology Igneous petrology Ultramafic rocks
47	LANDSLIDES AND STRESS Purpose To determine the relationship between the force necessary to initiate movement and the weight of the overlying strata and the grain size of the sediment. Background Add to Reading List Source URL: www.earth-science-activities.co.uk Language: English - Date: 2013-08-18 13:16:31 Wood Wooden box C-clamp Box Hardboard Bed Technology Containers Shipping containers
48	THE POROSITY OF SEDIMENT Purpose To determine the porosity of loose sediment. To determine how grain size, sorting, roundness and sphericity affect porosity. Activity Add to Reading List Source URL: www.earth-science-activities.co.uk Language: English - Date: 2013-08-18 13:17:05 Laboratory glassware Petrology Sedimentary rocks Porosity Sorting Sphericity Sediment Graduated cylinder Roundness Geology Sedimentology Metrology
49	POROSITY DEMONSTRATION This demonstration is to show that in well sorted sediment the porosity is not affected by the grain size. It also is to introduce the terms, yield and retention and to show how these are affected Add to Reading List Source URL: www.earth-science-activities.co.uk Language: English - Date: 2013-08-18 13:16:48 Soil mechanics Hydrogeology Petroleum Porosity Pebbles Beaker Sorting Sediment Geology Materials science Aquifers
50	FLOW OF WATER AND OIL The purpose of these five experiments is to demonstrate the effects of grain size, sorting, length, cross sectional area, pressure and temperature on the flow of water or oil through an aquifer or r Add to Reading List Source URL: www.earth-science-activities.co.uk Language: English - Date: 2014-04-21 06:05:23 Sedimentary rocks Environmental soil science Boilers Sediment Water heating Sorting Geology Sedimentology Petrology

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