Classifying Metals and Nonmetals

What does malleable mean?

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

What does ductile mean?

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

What side of the periodic table are nonmetals on?

• left
• right 
• top
• bottom

Is oxygen metal or nonmetal?

• metal
• nonmetal

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Is gold metal or nonmetal?

• metal
• nonmetal

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Which has a higher density?

• metal
• nonmetal

What do metals conduct?

• heat
• electricity
• both
• neither

All of these properties describe metals EXCEPT...

• malleable
• conductors
• brittle 
• luster

How would this element be classified?

• Metal
• Nonmetal
• Metalloid
• Metamorphic

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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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