metals and nonmetals

What does malleable mean?

• able to bend
• will break easily
• can be used for wire
• is shiny

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NGSS.HS-PS1-3

What does ductile mean?

• electricity flows easily
• quacks like a duck
• can be drawn into a wire
• able to bend

Is oxygen metal or nonmetal?

• metal
• nonmetal

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NGSS.HS-PS1-1

What do metals conduct?

• heat
• electricity
• both
• neither

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

All of these properties describe metals EXCEPT...

• malleable
• conductors
• brittle 
• luster

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

• Ductile
• Magnetic
• Malleable
• Reactive

A certain substance does not conduct heat or electricity, and breaks easily when hit with a hammer. What other property might this substance have?

• can be pulled into long wires
• dull surface
• high density
• malleable

Which of the following is typically a good conductor of heat?

• Metal
• Nonmetal
• Metalloid

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Some characteristics of a metal are that it is malleable and ductile.

• TRUE
• FALSE

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

• Metal
• Nonmetal
• Metalloid
• Pretty