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Crystals

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a crystal?

a)

A pure material that can’t be changed.

b)

Material with a regular,repeating arrangement of atoms.

c)

A foggy like material.

2.

Which crystal structure does the picture show?

a)

BBC (British Broadcasting Company)

b)

FCC (Face-Centered Cubic)

c)

SC (Simple Cubic)

d)

BCC (Body Center Cubic)

3.

What is crystallography?

a)

Study of cells

b)

Study of earth

c)

Study of oceans

d)

Study of crystals

4.

Which crystal structure does the picture show?

a)

BBC (British Broadcasting Company)

b)

BCC (Body Center Cubic)

c)

SC (Simple Cubic)

d)

FCC (Face-Centered Cubic)

5.

what is the percentage of emptiness in the Simple Cubic form?

a)

48%

b)

32%

c)

26%

d)

56%

6.

What is the percentage of emptiness in the Face Centered Cubic form?

a)

43%

b)

29%

c)

15%

d)

26%

7.

Which of the following is a way that crystals can form in nature?

a)

When liquids cool and start to harden.

b)

When magma cools.

c)

When water evaporates from a mixture.

d)

All of the above.

8.

What is a grain boundary?

a)

Site where 5 crystals meet

b)

Site where 9 crystals meet

c)

Site where 2 crystals meet

d)

Site where 15 crystals meet

9.

Which crystal structure does the picture show?

a)

FCC (Face Center Cubic)

b)

BCC ( Body Center Cubic)

c)

BBC (British Broadcasting Company)

d)

SC (Simple Cubic)

10.
Which of the given cubic structure has the highest packing factor
a)
FCC
b)
BCC
c)
SC
d)
none
11.
Grain boundary is a
a)
point defect
b)
surface defect
c)
line defect
d)
none
12.

What state or phase of material are crystals?

a)

Gas

b)

Plasma

c)

Liquid

d)

Solid

13.

What is crystallization?

a)

When crystals dissolve in a solution.

b)

When crystals melt into liquid.

c)

The formation of crystals

14.
A valuable, rare mineral
a)
ore
b)
gem
c)
rock
d)
bling
15.
A naturally occurring, inorganic solid
a)
mineral
b)
rock
c)
coal
d)
magma
16.
How light is reflected off a mineral
a)
streak
b)
color
c)
luster
d)
fracture
17.
Measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched
a)
fracture
b)
cleavage
c)
hardness
d)
streak
18.
Mineral mined at a profit
a)
ore
b)
luster
c)
silicate
d)
rock
19.
Characteristic observed without changing the identity of the material
a)
luster
b)
color
c)
physical property
d)
specific gravity
20.

What is the softest mineral?

a)

sulfur

b)

calcite

c)

talc

d)

corundum

21.
This mineral is used to make glass
a)
quartz
b)
calcite
c)
hematite
d)
graphite
22.

How do you remove the water to leave solid copper sulfate crystals?

a)

Filter

b)

Evaporate

c)

Distill

23.

What is the symbol for Copper?

a)

C

b)

co

c)

Cu

d)

CU

24.
Identify the equipment shown here:
a)
crucible
b)
evaporating dish
c)
mortar and pestle
d)
bowl
25.

Which laboratory apparatus is a beaker?

a)
b)
c)
d)
26.
________ is the mass in a given volume. 
a)
luster
b)
streak
c)
density
d)
hardness
27.

__________ is the manner in which atoms, ions, or molecules are spatially arranged.

a)

Pattern

b)

Ionic bond

c)

Crystal structure

d)

Molecular formula

28.

What is the small repeating entity of the atom structure?

a)

Crystal lattice

b)

Unit cell

c)

Crystal structure

d)

Shape

29.

What colour is copper sulphate solution?

a)

red

b)

colourless

c)

green

d)

blue

30.

What is the name for a solution which can't dissolve any more solute?

a)

full

b)

saturated

c)

unsaturated

d)

jeffrey

31.

What should be used for stirring to dissolve a solute?

a)

spatula

b)

spoon

c)

glass rod

d)

splint

32.

Warm water can dissolve more of a solute:

a)

true

b)

false

c)

neither

33.

What affects crystal size?

a)

Amount of solute

b)

time

c)

temperature of water

d)

all of the other answers

34.

Graphite and Diamonds are _______ because they are different form of the same element, carbon.

a)

allotropes

b)

isotopes

c)

morphs

d)

nuclides

35.

A solid material changing from one crystal packing structure to another is known as

a)

Nucleation

b)

solid state phase change

c)

supersaturation

d)

dendrite growth

36.

One way to form a crystal is

a)

dissolving solvent

b)

cooling a melt

c)

through internal symmetry

d)

saturated solutions

37.

An irregular, non-repeating arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules is __________.

a)

amorphous

b)

a crystal

c)

a compound

d)

impossible to break down

38.

What type of crystal tends to be larger?

a)

fast growing

b)

slow growing

39.

Dendrites are

a)

crystal arms resembling branches

b)

skinny crystal spikes

c)

rubbery crystals resembling spaghetti

d)

rhombic shaped crystals

40.

Identify the unit cell

a)

simple cubic

b)

BCC

c)

FCC

d)

HCP

41.

Identify the Unit Cell

a)

simple cubic

b)

BCC

c)

FCC

d)

HCP

42.

Identify the Unit Cell

a)

Simple Cubic

b)

BCC

c)

FCC

d)

HCP

43.

Identify the Unit Cell

a)

Simple Cubic

b)

BCC

c)

FCC

d)

HCP

44.

Carbon atoms are found in the spaces between iron atoms in steel. This crystal defect is a

a)

substitutional

b)

interstitial

c)

vacancy

d)

dislocation

45.

Crystals are solids made of

a)

light refracting particles

b)

regular repeating patterns of molecules

c)

hexagonal shaped super saturated molecules

d)

slow growing symmetrical solvents