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Doing Solids

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Most people probably don't think of chemicals as ___

a)

liquid chemicals that are sprayed on crops

b)

gaseous chemicals coming out of exhaust pipes

c)

solids like tables, computers or aardvarks

d)

gaseous chemicals coming out of smokestacks

2.

With the exception of air, the vast majority of the matter that you interact with is in the form of ___

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

d)

plasma

3.

Many metals, under the right conditions, are almost infinitely ___

a)

dense

b)

soft

c)

crumbly

d)

moldable

4.

What are the two main classes of solids?

a)

crystalline and metamorphic

b)

crystalline and amorphous

c)

metamorphic and igneous

d)

igneous and amorphous

5.

Which type of solid has its atoms atoms arranged in an orderly, predictable way?

a)

amorphous solids

b)

colloids

c)

crystalline solids

d)

gels

6.

Which type of solids don't have a definite shape because their atoms and molecules are arranged randomly?

a)

amorphous solids

b)

ionic compounds

c)

crystalline solids

d)

metals

7.

Which category of solid includes gels and colloids like mayonnaise and rubber?

a)

amorphous solids

b)

anisotropic solids

c)

ionic compounds

d)

crystalline solids

8.

In chemistry, "amorphous" refers to solids that ___

a)

are soft

b)

are flexible

c)

have an atomic structure that is disordered

d)

have an atomic structure that is ordered

9.

Amorphous solids, like glass, melt ___

a)

at very low temperatures

b)

over a range of temperatures

c)

at specific distinct temperatures

d)

at very high temperatures

10.

Amorphous solids respond to stress in the same way in every direction, so they are ___

a)

isotropic

b)

isomeric

c)

isobaric

d)

isothermic

11.

Crystalline solids break differently depending on which plane you hit, which means they are ___

a)

malleable

b)

animorphic

c)

anisotropic

d)

ductile

12.

Water ice, dry ice, and sugar are classified as what type of crystalline solids?

a)

ionic solids

b)

molecular solids

c)

atomic solids

d)

group 18 solids

13.

Molecular solids are are held together by weak Van de Waals forces, and generally tend to be ___

a)

soft with fairly low melting points

b)

soft with fairly high melting points

c)

hard with fairly low melting points

d)

hard with fairly high melting points

14.

Table salt, Epsom salt, chalk and limestone are classified as what type of crystalline solids?

a)

ionic solids

b)

molecular solids

c)

atomic solids

d)

group 18 solids

15.

Ionic solids are often ___ in water and have ___ melting points

a)

soluble, very low

b)

soluble, very high

c)

insoluble, very low

d)

insoluble, very high

16.

A diamond is just a big crystal made of carbon atoms, and is classified as a ___

a)

molecular solid

b)

network solid

c)

group 18 solid

d)

metal

17.

Group 18 solids (the solid phase materials of the noble gases) are held together by weak little ___

a)

hydrogen bonds

b)

dipole-dipole forces

c)

ion-ion forces

d)

Van der Waals forces

18.

Metals are classified as crystals because their atoms are ___

a)

on the right side of the periodic table

b)

on the left side of the periodic table

c)

arranged in an orderly way

d)

disordered

19.

The atoms in metals form specific configurations called ___

a)

over-crowding arrangements

b)

tight bunching configurations

c)

compact stuffing configurations

d)

closest packing arrangements

20.

Most metals can be pounded in to various shapes, so they are called ___

a)

malleable

b)

ductile

c)

conductive

d)

lustrous

21.

Most metals can be stretched out in to wires, so they are called ___

a)

malleable

b)

ductile

c)

conductive

d)

lustrous

22.

Metals can conduct heat and electricity so easily because their valence electrons ___

a)

tightly orbit their respective atoms

b)

form a sea of electrons

c)

clump to form ions

d)

are locked in covalent bonds

23.

All the bonds in a crystal are the same, so their melting points are ___

a)

very low temperatures

b)

very specific temperatures

c)

broad ranges of temperatures

d)

very high temperatures

24.

Compared to amorphous solids, crystalline solids are generally ___

a)

less brittle

b)

more brittle

c)

less dense

d)

more dense