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Predicting Porosity & Permeability of Earth Materials
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Careers & Connections:
Vocabulary:
Dam: A structure or barrier made by people or animals to control the flow of water.
Permeability: How easy water can get through a material. The permeability of something is
how absorbent the material is.
Porosity: The quality of being porous, or full of tiny holes. Liquids go right through things
that have porosity.
Prediction: What we think will happen based on what we observe and already know.
Geologist
(People who study
the land)
Materials Engineer
(study the properties
of materials to
optimize results)
Construction Workers Civil Engineers
(land development)
Cartographer
(maps)
