A material described as consisting of numerous adjoined crystals?

A material described as consisting of numerous adjoined crystals?

• A. Spoils
• B. Draglines
• C. Consolidation
• D. Crystalline

Answer: (D)

Crystalline describes a solid whose atoms are arranged in a highly organized, repeating pattern forming a crystal lattice. When many crystals are joined together, the material as a whole still has that crystalline character, often described as polycrystalline grains fused in a solid. This orderly internal structure is what the term conveys. The other words don’t describe how the material’s particles are arranged: spoils are excavated waste, draglines are heavy equipment, and consolidation is a process that makes material denser or more solid, not about having a crystal-based internal structure.

Crystalline describes a solid whose atoms are arranged in a highly organized, repeating pattern forming a crystal lattice. When many crystals are joined together, the material as a whole still has that crystalline character, often described as polycrystalline grains fused in a solid. This orderly internal structure is what the term conveys. The other words don’t describe how the material’s particles are arranged: spoils are excavated waste, draglines are heavy equipment, and consolidation is a process that makes material denser or more solid, not about having a crystal-based internal structure.