Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids

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

• Metal
• Nonmetal
• Metalloid
• Pretty

All of these properties describe metals except...

• malleable
• conductors
• brittle 
• shiny

Which shows the three main groups of elements listed from least conductivity to greatest conductivity?

• Metals, Nonmetals, Metalloids

• Nonmetals, Metalloids, Metals

• Metalloids, Metals, Nonmetals

• Nonmetals, Metals, Metalloids

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

• nonmetal
• metalloid
• metal
• metallica

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

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

• metal
• nonnmetal
• metalloid
• metallica

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1

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

• ductile
• malleable
• lustrous
• high density

Metals can be drawn into thin wires. This property is known as being

• malleable

• ductile

• conductive

• lusterous

What does brittle mean?

• shiny
• able to be hammered into different shapes
• able to be drawn into a wire
• breaks or shatters easily

What does it mean to be ductile?

• able to be hammered into different shapes
• able to be drawn into a wire
• heavy for their size
• break or shatter easily

Where are metalloids located on the periodic table?

• to the right of nonmetals
• along the zig-zag line
• to the left of the zig-zag line
• to the right of the zig-zag line