Crystal

What is the scientific study of crystals and crystal formation known as?

• Mineralogy

• Crystallography

• Geology

• Chemistry

What is the process of forming a crystalline structure from a fluid or dissolved materials?

• Condensation

• Crystallization

• Solidification

• Evaporation

Which type of crystal consists of arrays of atoms that are ordered but not strictly periodic?

• Amorphous crystal

• Regular crystal

• Polycrystal

• Quasicrystal

What is the ability of a solid to exist in more than one crystal form called?

• Polymorphism

• Metamorphism

• Allotropy

• Isomerism

Which type of crystal defect involves an extra atom squeezed in where it does not fit?

• Impurity

• Interstitial defect

• Vacancy defect

• Dislocation