Metals quiz

Which metal is commonly used in cookware because of its thermal conductivity?

• aluminum

• copper

• iron

• gold

The abilty to be hammered into thin sheets is called ________.

• luster

• ductility

• conductivity

• malleability

Metals in the same ________ have similar chemical properties.

• group

• period

• section

• series

____________ (a/b) is an example of a group 1 ___________ (c/d) metal.

• Strontium

• Sodium

• alkali

• alkaline earth

Alkali metals and alkaline earth metals exist as ____________ in nature.

• solutions

• mixtures

• free elements

• compounds

Which of the following has the greatest reactivity

• alkaline earth metals

• transition metals

• alkali metals

the elements located in the center and at the bottom of the periodic table are the ________________.

• transition elements

• lanthanide series

• actinide series

• metalloids

The density, strength, and melting points of transition elements are ____________ than for alkali and alkaline earth metals.

• higher

• lower

________________elements react with other elements to form colorful compounds.

• lanthanide series

• main block

• actinide series

• metalloid

As you move from right to left and top to bottom across the periodic table, the ________________ properties increase.

• physical

• chemical

• non-metallic

• metallic