properties of metal

Allows heat or electricity to go through

• insulator

• conductor

• luster

• ductile

Able to be drawn into wire is

• malleable

• insulator

• luster

• ductile

Able to be beaten or hammered into shapes

• luster

• malleable

• brittle

• insulator

The shine on metal when light falls on it.

• luster

• brittle

• malleable

• tarnish

Why wouldn't you want a coffee cup to be made from metal?

• metal conducts electricity

• metal conducts heat

• metals have luster

• metals can be made into a wire; they are ductile

Why is there always a plastic or rubber covering on wires for things that we plug in to electrical outlets?

• because the wire is made of metal and metals conduct electricity, so it would shock you

• to cover up the luster of the metal that the wire is made from

• to make sure it doesn't attract to a magnet

• so it won't get bent

Can be beaten into thin sheets

• Ductile

• Sonorous

• Malleable

• Flexible

Can be drawn into wires

• Ductile

• Sonorous

• Malleable

• Flexible

When you hit it, it rings like a bell.

• Ductile

• Sonorous

• Malleable

• Flexible

Another word for shiny

• Ductile

• Sonorous

• Malleable

• Lustrous