The Amount of Water a Soil Holds at Field Capacity

question 34

Multiple Choice

The amount of water a soil holds at field capacity is greatest for

• A)clay.
• B)sand.
• C)silt.
• D)loam.

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Definitions:

Dependent Variable

The variable in an experiment or study that is expected to change in response to changes in the independent variable.

Independent Variable

A variable in an experiment or model that is manipulated or changed to observe its effect on the dependent variable.

SSE

Sum of Squared Errors; a measure used in statistical data analysis to assess the differences between observed and predicted values.

SST

Total Sum of Squares, an overall measure of the variation within a dataset relative to a mean value.