A Raft Foundation Is Generally Used When

question 10

Multiple Choice

A raft foundation is generally used when

• A) A strip foundation would be too narrow
• B) A short bored pile foundation would be too shallow
• C) The soil is too heavy to excavate
• D) The soil is too light to excavate
• E) The soil bearing capacity is very low

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Definitions:

Monocot

One of two classes of flowering plants; monocot seeds contain a single cotyledon, or seed leaf. Compare with eudicot.

Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus, an 18th-century Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist who is known as the father of modern taxonomy for creating a system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms.

Binomial System of Nomenclature

A formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms.

Clades

Groups in a biological classification system that consist of an ancestor and all its descendants, representing a single branch on the tree of life.