Elements, The Periodic Table, Metals vs Non-metals

The building block from which every substance is made

• Lego

• Jam

• Atoms

• Lattices

A large grid-like structure that repeats the same arrangement of atoms

• Lego

• Legolas

• Lattice

• Molecule

Can be polished to become shiny

• lustrous

• ductile

• malleable

• conductor

A distinct cluster of two or more atoms bonded together

• molecule

• lattice

• element

• Lego

A substance made up of one type of atom

• carbon dioxide

• water

• element

• atom

Can be stretched into wires

• malleable

• ductile

• conductor

• lustrous

Which could be a correct symbol for a chemical element?

• Ca

• n

• CO

• Alu

Elements consist of one or two types of atoms.

• True

• False

The Periodic Table is an ordered listing of elements from lightest to heaviest.

• True

• False

Metallic elements are lustrous, malleable, and poor conductors of heat.

• True

• False