10.3 Solids and Crystals

The particles of a solid are more closely ____  than those of a liquid or gas.

• scattered
• separated
• packed
• loose

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• All inter-particle attractions exert ____  effects in solids than in the corresponding liquids or gases.

• stronger
• weaker
• equal
• opposite

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• Attractive forces tend to hold the particles of a solid in relatively ____  positions.

• fixed
• dynamic
• loose
• random

• Solids are more ____  than liquids and are much more ordered than gases.

• chaotic
• ordered

• disorganized
• liquid

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There are two types of solids: crystalline solids and ____  solids.

• liquid
• gaseous
• amorphous
• metallic

Most solids are crystalline solids—they consist of ____ .

• particles arranged in a chaotic, random pattern
• particles arranged in a linear pattern
• particles arranged in a liquid state
• particles arranged in a regular, repeating pattern

An amorphous solid is one in which the particles are arranged ____

• randomly
• regularly
• systematically
• neatly

Solids can maintain a definite shape without a ____ .

• liquid
• gas
• plasma
• container

_____ solids are geometrically regular.

• Spherical
• Crystalline

• Rectangular
• Cubic

The volume of a solid changes only _____ with a change in temperature or pressure.

• increases significantly
• slightly

• remains constant
• decreases drastically