Metals, Non-Metals and Metalloids

Iron is a good conductor, malleable and magnetic. What type of element is Iron? 

• Metal
• Nonmetal
• Metalloid

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

• Metal
• Nonmetal
• Metalloid
• Pretty

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

What physical properties are used to classify elements as metals, non-metals, or metalloids?

• Color, smell, physical state
• Reactivity, streak, hardness
• Ability to burn, mass, density
• Luster, conductivity, malleability

When an object changes shape when struck by a hammer.

• luster
• malleable
• brittleness
• ductile

Describe what luster means

• How an object reflects light
• How soft an object is
• If an object floats
• If an object can be dug out of the earth.

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I am an insulator and have a dull luster.

• Metal

• Metalloid

• Non Metal

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of most metals?

• Brittle
• Good conductor
• Ductile
• Malleable

Where are the non-metallic elements found in the periodic table?

• In the middle
• In the top rows
• On the left-hand side
• On the right-hand side

Which of these grouping of elements could have the characteristic of luster (shiny)?

• Metal
• Nonmetal
• metalloids
• Both metals and metalloids