Metals, nonmetals, and metalloids

What does brittle mean?

• shiny
• able to be hammered into different shapes
• able to be drawn into a wire
• breaks or shatters easily

What is a conductor?

• Heat and electricity move through them easily
• able to be drawn into a wire
• able to be hammered into different shapes
• shiny

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What does it mean to be ductile?

• able to be hammered into different shapes
• able to be drawn into a wire
• heavy for their size
• break or shatter easily

What is high density?

• able to be drawn into a wire
• a substance that has both metal and nonmetal properties
• lustrous and shiny
• heavy for its size

Where are metalloids located on the periodic table?

• to the right of nonmetals
• along the zig-zag line
• to the left of the zig-zag line
• to the right of the zig-zag line

A substance that is shiny and a good conductor would be classified as a

• nonmetal
• metalloid
• metal
• metallica

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A substance that is dull, brittle, and a nonconductor would be classified as a

• metal
• nonnmetal
• metalloid
• metallica

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A substance that can be hammered into different shapes would be classified as a 

• metal
• nonmetal
• metalloid
• metallica

A shiny and malleable substance that is not a good conductor of electricity

• metal
• nonmetal
• metalloid
• metallica

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Aluminum can be hammered into different shapes or rolled into flat sheets. This means Aluminum is 

• ductile
• malleable
• lustrous
• high density