Grade 6 6.3 comparing Metal and Nonmetal

What does brittle mean?

• shiny

• able to be hammered into different shapes

• 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

What does it mean to be ductile?

• able to be hammered into different shapes

• able to be drawn into a wire

• break or shatter easily

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

• nonmetal

• metal

• Metallica

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

• metal

• nonnmetal

• metallica

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

• metal

• nonmetal

• metallica

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

• ductile

• malleable

• lustrous

Carbon is dull and brittle. Carbon is a

• metal

• nonmetal

• metallica

Physical property, the way the surface of a substance shines or reflects light

• Ductility

• Conductivity

• Luster

Physical property, ability to be stretched into a wire without breaking

• Malleability

• Conductivity

• Ductility