Crystalline Structures and Properties Quiz

The resistance to flow is called

• allotrope

• borax

• nucleation

• viscosity

Properties of ______________ include silvery solids, luster, malleable, and good conductors.

• metals

• nonmetals

• metalloids

• noble gases

A regular, repeating arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules is __________.

• amorphous

• a crystal

• a compound

• impossible to break down

The process by which a crystal begins growing is __________.

• genesis

• initiation

• oxidation

• nucleation

A defect or dislocation is a disruption in crystal __________.

• growth

• structure

• shape

• properties

Defects in the crystalline structure of metals cause changes in the properties which are

• always good for the metal.

• always bad for the metal.

• both good and bad.

These types of single crystals must be perfect so they can be made into microchips

• silicon

• copper sulfate

• borax

• sulfur

Metals have a(n) ____________________ structure.

• amorphous

• crystalline

• unique

• branched

In borax solution, borax is a(n) ________.

• alloy

• solute

• solution

• solvent

In borax solution, water is a(n) ________.

• alloy

• solute

• solution

• solvent