Prior knowledge check - Metals and Nonmetals

Select the correct definition for a compound.

• The smallest part of an element that can exist.

• A substance made of only one type of atom.

• A substance made of more than one type of atom that are chemically bonded together.

• A substance made of more than one type of atom that are not chemically bonded together.

Elements can be found on the ________ table.

Select the diagram that shows an element.

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The temperature when a solid changes to a liquid - 

• melting point
• freezing point
• boiling point

The ability of a metal to allow heat to pass through it

• Thermal conductivity

• Insulator

• Mass

• Density

The ability of metals to allow electricity to pass through it

• Thermal conductivity

• Electrical conductivity

• Insulator

• Density

The smallest particle of an element that retains the properties of that element

• Compound

• Element

• Atom

• Molecule

A pure substance made of only one kind of atom and cannot be broken down into simpler substances

• Atom

• Element

• Compound

• Molecule