Properties of Metals Quiz

What does it mean if a material is described as 'resonant'?

• It can be pulled into a wire

• It conducts electricity

• It makes a ringing sound

• It tends to break when hammered

__________ items tend to break or crumble when hammered

• Nonmalleable

• Nonductile

• Dull

• Resonant

Which property describes a material that can be hammered into shapes without breaking?

• Malleable

• Nonmalleable

• Ductile

• Nonductile

What characteristic does a 'ductile' material have?

• It does not conduct electricity

• It cannot be pulled into a wire

• It makes a ringing sound

• It can be pulled into a wire and conduct electricity

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of conductors?

• They tend to break or crumble when hammered

• They can be pulled into a wire

• They are hard to pull into a wire

• They conduct electricity

Doesn't make a ringing sound is

• Nonshiny

• Nonductile

• Nonresonant

• Nonmalleable

_____: conduct electricity

• Nonductile

• Conductors

• Malleable

• Dull

_________ means hard to pull into a wire and conduct electricity

• Ductile

• Nonductile

• Conductor

• Shiny

Metals are:

• Shiny

• Dull

• Nonmalleable

• Nonresonant

Metals are never______

• Shiny

• Dull

• Conductors

• Nonductile