Metals, Non Metals and Metalloids

Which of these is a property of metals?

• It's malleable
• It can't conduct electricity
• They are used in food
• It's very brittle

Good conductor of heat

• Metal
• Nonmetal

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How do metals differ from nonmetals?

• metals are shiny, nonmetals are dull
• metals are good insulators, nonmetals are good conductors
• metals are powdery
• nonmetals are shiny

At room temperature metals are ____________.

• plasma
• gases
• liquid
• solid

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What are the three major categories of the periodic table?

• Alpha, Beta & Gamma
• Metals, Non-Metals and Metalloids
• Metals, Semi-metals and Metalloids
• Non-Metals, Semi-Metals and Metalloids

If a material can easily be drawn into the shape of a wire, it is

• Ductile
• Magnetic
• Malleable
• Reactive

Silicon is a semiconductor and has properties of both metals and nonmetals. What type of element is Silicon? 

• Metal
• Nonmetal
• Metalloid
• Pretty

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An element is ductile if . . .

• it can be broken with a hammer.

• it can be pulled into a long thin wire-like structure

• if it can be crushed into a powder

• it can be shaped into a shape

A student is given a sample of an unknown substance. He is asked to determine if it is classified as a metal, a metalloid, or a nonmetal. He discovered that the unknown element conducted some heat and electricity, had a shiny luster, and broke easily. This element is most likely a 

• metal
• nonmetal
• metalloid
• cannot be determined

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What does malleable mean?

• able to be hammered or rolled into sheets

• will break easily

• able to be pulled into a wire

• is shiny