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Which best characterizes a crystal? a number of high speed particles moving randomly a dense substance that is hard and incompressible a high-energy state of matter made up of a swirling, ionized gas a loose association of particles moving past one another Mark this and return

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a dense substance that is hard and incompressible

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The answer is a dense substance that is hard and incompressible.

A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions.

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