Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids

_______ are typically solid, shiny, and malleable

• Metal

• Nonmetal

• Metalloid

• Noble Gas

____________ are good conductors of heat and electricity

• Metalloid

• Noble Gas

• Metal

• Nonmetal

_____________ are elements that contain physical properties of both metals and nonmetals.

• Noble Gases

• Elements

• Metalloids

• Metals

Metalloids are sometimes referred to as _____________.

• insulators

• high conductors of electrical energy

• high conductors of thermal energy

• semiconductors

The ability of a substance to transfer heat or electrical energy is known as ________________.

• Insulation

• Conductivity

• Thermal

• Temperature

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Click the following examples of a conductor below.

• Glass

• Plastic

• Cardboard

• Water

Click the examples of insulators below.

• Human body

• Cork

• Wool

• Copper

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Malleability refers to _________

• something breaking easily when disturbed.

• something able to be shaped and reshaped without breaking.

• made of a metalloid.

• something that has the same properties as a liquid.

What type of elements is typically not shiny, not malleable, and are poor conductors?

• Metal

• Metalloid

• Noble Gas

• Nonmetal

When something is easily broken, we can say it is _________.

• brittle

• weak

• strong

• malleable