Metals, Nonmetals, Metalloids

What does malleable mean?

• able to be hammered or rolled into sheets

• will break easily

• able to be pulled into a wire

• is shiny

Which is a property of metals?

• Malleable

• Good insulator

• Used in food

• Brittle

If a material can easily be drawn into the shape of a wire, it is

• Ductile
• Magnetic
• Malleable
• Reactive

Vanadium (V) is a good conductor, malleable and ductile. What type of element is vanadium?

• Metal

• Nonmetal

• Metalloid

• Superconductor

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1

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

• Metal

• Nonmetal

• Metalloid

• Superconductor

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1

All of these properties describe metals except...

• malleable
• conductors
• brittle 
• shiny

Which element is a metalloid?

• Titanium
• Selenium
• Potassium
• Polonium

Which elements are to the right of the zig zag?

• metals

• nonmetals

• metalloids

• superconductors

Which is an example of a metalloid?

• Boron

• Aluminum

• Chlorine

• Sodium

Which elements are found along the zig-zag line?

• metals

• nonmetals

• metalloids

• superconductors