If you were to build a house below ground in order to save heating and cooling costs, would you firmly compact the soil around the house? Explain your answer. If you measured a daily maximum air...

If you were to build a house below ground in order to save heating and cooling costs, would you firmly compact the soil around the house? Explain your answer.

If you measured a daily maximum air temperature of 28 °C at 1 P.M., what might you expect the daily maximum temperature to be at a 15-cm depth in the soil? At about what time of day would the maximum temperature occur at this depth? Explain.