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Crystal Physics basic terms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Amorphous solids have _______ structure.

a)

Dendritic

b)

Regular

c)

Irregular

d)

Linear

2.

What is a crystal?

a)

Its a solid substance with periodic arrangement of atoms

b)

its a liquid substance

c)

its a solid substance with random arrangement of atoms

d)

its a gas

3.

Define - unit cell

a)

smallest volume from which the entire crystal is built on by irregular repetition in 3 dimensions.

b)

volume from which the entire crystal is built on by reverse repetition in 3 dimensions.

c)

largest volume from which the entire crystal is built on by translational repetition in 3 dimensions.

d)

smallest volume from which the entire crystal is built on by translational repetition in 3 dimensions.

4.

An amorphous material have

a)

Short range of order

b)

Indefinite melting point

c)

Isotropic nature

d)

All the above

5.

The total number of crystal system is

a)

5

b)

8

c)

7

d)

4

6.

An example of non- crystalline material

a)

Plastic

b)

Graphite

c)

Gold

d)

NaCl

e)

None of the above

7.

What is crystallography?

a)

Study of cells

b)

Study of earth

c)

Study of oceans

d)

Study of crystals

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.

what do you understand by term Lattice Parameters?

a)

three edges of unit cell

b)

three inter axial angles of unit cell

c)

three edges and inter-axial angles

d)

three Dimensional cube

10.

Unit Cell can be represented as parallelopiped in 2D and Parallelogram in 3D

a)

True

b)

False

c)

None of the above

d)

All of the above

11.

Crystal ?

a)

three dimensional arrangement of atoms

b)

it define physical object

c)

it help to define the physical properties such as weight, density

d)

All of the above

12.

Short Range Order observed in _________________?

a)

Crystalline Solids

b)

Amorphous Solids

c)

sometimes in crystalline and Amorphous too

13.

A regular, repeating arrangement of atoms is ...

a)

amorphous

b)

a crystal

c)

a compound

d)

impossible to break down

14.

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.

15.

Smallest repeating unit of crystal lattice

a)

Lattice site

b)

Unit cell

c)

Crystal lattice

d)

Lattice point

16.

Example for crystalline solid

a)

Glass

b)

Quartz

c)

Plastic

d)

Rubber

17.

Crystalline solids are

a)

Isotropic

b)

Allotropic

c)

Anisotropic

d)

Isomorphic

18.

Which of the following statements about lattices and unit cells is correct?

a)

A unit cell contains a whole number of complete molecules

b)

Lattice points are chosen to lie on atoms.

c)

Lattice points all have identical surroundings

d)

Unit cells are constructed by connecting adjacent lattice points to give the largest possible repeat unit.

19.

Which of the following is a property of non-metallic crystals?

a)

Highly ductile

b)

Less brittle

c)

FCC structure

d)

Low electrical conductivity

20.

A unit assembly of atoms (or) molecules (ie., one or more atoms (or) molecules) identical in composition, arrangement and orientation is called

a)

Basis or Motif

b)

Lattice

c)

Crystal

d)

Non-crystalline