Speed Dating Elements

The elements in the yellow section are...

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The elements in the green section are...

The elements in the blue section are...

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Metals are generally good conductors of heat and electric current.

• metalloids

• metals

• nonmetals

• solids

Most _____ are gases at room temperature.

• metals

• nonmetals

• metalloids

• solids

There is a greater variation in physical properties among _____ than among _____.

• nonmetals, metals

• metals, nonmetals

• metalloids, nonmetals

• metals, metalloids

A _____ generally has properties that are similar to those of metals and nonmetals. Under some conditions, a _____ may behave like a metal. Under other conditions, it may behave like a nonmetal. The behavior often can be controlled by changing the conditions. For example, like most nonmetals, pure silicon is a poor conductor of electric current. However, if a small amount of boron is mixed with silicon, the mixture is a good conductor of electric current.

the boxed elements are...

• alkali metals
• alkaline earth

• transition elements

• metalloids

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the boxed elements are...

• alkali metals

• alkaline earth

• inner transition

• transition elements

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the boxed elements are...

• noble gases

• halogens

• metalloids

• inert gases

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