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Connections in Solids

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the hardest natural material found on Earth?

a)

quartz

b)

graphite

c)

glass

d)

diamond

2.

What natural material makes up the core of a pencil?

a)

coal

b)

graphite

c)

lead

d)

silicon

3.

Which element makes up both diamond and graphite, just with the atoms arranged differently?

a)

nitrogen

b)

carbon

c)

lead

d)

silicon

4.

Glycogen is just a chain of ___

a)

water molecules

b)

DNA molecules

c)

glucose molecules

d)

protein molecules

5.

Network solids are one of the three types of ___

a)

amorphous solid

b)

ionic solid

c)

atomic solid

d)

molecular solid

6.

A solid where each atom is covalently bonded to several others in various directions is classified as ___

a)

a mesh solid

b)

a network solid

c)

a nexus solid

d)

a tesselation solid

7.

The concept of mixing atomic orbitals into new orbitals suitable to form chemical bonds is called ___

a)

crossbreeding

b)

amalgamation

c)

hybridization

d)

half-breeding

8.

In graphite, the outer electrons of each carbon atom are arranged into what type of hybridized orbitals?

a)

sp

b)

sp2

c)

sp3

d)

sp4

9.

In graphite, the unhybridized p orbitals form an extensive network of ___

a)

pi bonds

b)

sigma bonds

c)

james bonds

d)

delta bonds

10.

In graphite, the sheets are only held to other sheets with really weak ___

a)

dipole-dipole forces

b)

covalent bonds

c)

ionic bonds

d)

van der Waals forces

11.

Because the electrons in the pi bonds are able to move from one atom to another, graphite ___

a)

is malleable

b)

conducts electricity

c)

is an electrical insulator

d)

is magnetic

12.

All of the differences between graphite and diamond are simply because of ___

a)

the way their atoms are bonded

b)

their density difference

c)

their chemical composition

d)

the difference in molecular mass

13.

In diamond, the outer electrons of each carbon atom are arranged into what type of hybridized orbitals?

a)

sp

b)

sp2

c)

sp3

d)

sp4

14.

In diamond, what type of geometric structure is formed by the lobes of the hybridized orbitals?

a)

linear

b)

tetrahedral structure

c)

trigonal planar

d)

trigonal bipyramidal

15.

Diamonds are said to be "brittle" because they __

a)

break easily

b)

break before they bend

c)

bend easily

d)

bend before they break

16.

The seam between atoms in a crystalline solid is called a ___

a)

division line

b)

fracture point

c)

discontinuity boundary

d)

cleavage plane

17.

Unlike graphite, diamonds are electrical ___

a)

insulators

b)

conductors

c)

semiconductors

d)

capacitors

18.

The carbon atoms in diamonds share what type of covalent bonds?

a)

sigma bonds

b)

pi bonds

c)

delta bonds

d)

hydrogen bonds

19.

Both graphite and diamond are good conductors of heat because of ___

a)

their chemical composition

b)

the flow of electrons

c)

the strength of their covalent bonds

d)

their resistance to electron flow

20.

When it's heated to very high temperatures and placed under extreme pressure, graphite can ___

a)

melt

b)

explode

c)

turn into diamond

d)

conduct electricity

21.

The rate of breakdown of the bonds in diamond is ___

a)

essentially zero

b)

moderately low

c)

moderately high

d)

essentially infinite