Unit 2 VOC

Ability to conduct electrical current or thermal

• conductivity

• Luster

• Density

• Ductility

The amount of matter that will fit into a given amount of space.

• Hardness

• Ductility

• Density

• Luster

ability of a mineral to resist scratching

• Malleability

• Mass

• Hardness

ability to be stretched into a wire without breaking

• Luster

• Malleability

• Ductility

• Mineral

how the surface of a mineral appears when it reflects light (shiny or dull)

• Mass

• Luster

• Volume

• Streak

Ability to be formed or shaped under pressure (metals hammered or rolled into thin sheets)

• Displacement

• Malleability

• Mineral

Substances that exhibit some properties of metals and non-metals

• Metals

• Nonmetals

• Metalloids

The amount of matter in something

• Mass

• Volume

• Displacement

Substances that have the physical properties of luster, conductivity, and malleability; may appear in all three states of matter

• Metal

• Nonmetal

• Metalloids

Substances that have the physical properties of being dull, insulators, and brittle;

• Metals

• Nonmetals

• Metalloids