3.1 Magnificent Metals

What are the two types of properties of a material?

• Shiny and dull

• Solid and liquid

• Visible and invisible

• Physical and chemical

Which type of elements are found on the left of the stepped line in the periodic table?

• Non-metals

• Metals

• Gases

• Liquids

Which type of elements are found on the right of the stepped line in the periodic table?

• Non-metals

• Metals

• Gases

• Liquids

What is the exception to most metal elements having high melting points?

• Gold

• Platinum

• Mercury

• Copper

What is the property of metals that describes the ringing sound when you hit them?

• Conducting heat

• Ductile

• Malleable

• Sonorous

Which metal is an excellent conductor of thermal energy and is used to transfers thermal energy away from the processing unit of the computer?

• Gold

• Aluminium

• Copper

• Platinum

What property of metals makes them shaped by hymmering?

• Malleable

• Ductile

• Sonorous

• Strength

Which metal is used in printed circuit boards on cell phones due to its excellent conductivity of electricity?

• Gold

• Aluminium

• Copper

• Platinum

What property of metals allows them to be hammered into different shapes?

• Malleable

• Sonorous

• Conducting electricity

• Ductile

What property of metals allows them to be pulled into wires?

• Strength

• Malleable

• Ductile

• Conducting heat