Metals and Non-metals

Which of the items below does NOT contain a metal?

• Stainless steel sink

• Copper water cylinder

• Plastic bucket

• Brass door knob

Name the metal which is in liquid state.

• Iron

• Mercury

• Zinc

• Aluminium

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Metals are sonorous in nature. What is sonorous?

• Making into powder

• Drawn into wires

• Make sound on beating

• None of these

What does malleable mean?

• able to bend
• will break easily
• can be used for wire
• is shiny

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What does ductile mean?

• electricity flows easily
• quacks like a duck
• can be drawn into a wire
• able to bend

A type of rock that contains minerals and metals

• ore

• metal

• malleable

• gem

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Able to be drawn into wire is

• malleable

• insulator

• lustre

• ductile

Able to be beaten or hammered into shapes

• lustre

• malleable

• brittle

• insulator

Where are the non-metallic elements found in the periodic table?

• In the middle
• In the top rows
• On the left-hand side
• On the right-hand side

The list which contains only metals is .......

• aluminium, copper, nitrogen
• iron, oxygen, hydrogen
• iron, silver, aluminium
• iron, sulphur, copper