Water Movement Through the Soil and Water Held in a Straw

question 59

Multiple Choice

Water movement through the soil and water held in a straw above the surface of the liquid you are drinking result from a common phenomenon. What is this phenomenon?

• A) barometric pressure
• B) surface tension
• C) capillarity
• D) vacuum suction

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Definitions:

Statistical Process Control

A method of quality control which employs statistical methods to monitor and control a process to ensure that it operates at its full potential.

Special Causes

Special causes, in the context of quality control, refer to unusual, unpredictable factors that cause variations in a process, distinguishing them from common causes.

Common Causes

Factors that consistently contribute to a process's variability; inherent within the process and usually indicative of systemic issues.

Variation

The extent to which data points in a dataset differ from each other and from their average value.