A.

Dry Strength Test

After the soil sample had put into oven, it was observed that its color
become lighter compared to its former dark brown color. The texture
was crumbly, soft and refined. When the sample was pressed between
the thumb and forefinger, it was easily crushed and bigger particles
tended to break into pieces when pressure was applied to it. The soil
sample was identified as silty.

B. Plasticity Test
The thread produced using the second soil sample was weak, rough
and uneven. It only obtained approximately 5 inches of thread, and can
only withhold 1-3 seconds of time while it was held vertically at one
end. Due to uneven particle size of the soil it had been broken easily
while rolling and molding. The gradation of the thread had been
unequal and rugged resulting to uneven sizes of diameter. The added
water to the sample was not absorbed well but it had been retained. It
was also observed that most amounts of the soil sample was left on
palm of the hand and felt sticky. There were cracks appeared while
forming a thread shape, thus, it was identified as combination of sand
and silt soil.

C. Water Mobility
The mixture of the soil and water had been placed in palm of the hand
and had been shaken. The water rose and leaked quickly while
shaking. It exhibited soil colored liquid on palm of the hand. The
texture of the sample was gritty. The ball of soil mixture had not
absorbed the water well and deformed. It resulted to a mixture of small
particles of sand and silt soil.

D. Dispersion Test
A small amount of soil had been dispersed in a glass cylinder full of
water. The soil was settled after a few seconds but there were also
some soil particles remained floating. It had been observed that the
suspension of soil particles were faster than settling. The settled soil
particles was determined as sand while the floating particles was
identified as silt soil. In this experiment, the color of the water had
been remained unchanged and unaffected by the soil sample.