Metals, Non-metals, and Metalloids

What does luster mean?

• A physical property that describes the ability of a substance to transfer heat or electrical energy

• A physical property that describes the way the surface of a substance shines or reflects light, ranging between metallic (shiny) and nonmetallic (dull)

• A physical property that describes the ability of a material to be permanently reshaped without breaking or cracking

• A pure substance composed of the same type of atom throughout

What does conductivity mean?

• A physical property that describes the ability of a substance to transfer heat or electrical energy

• A physical property that describes the way the surface of a substance shines or reflects light, ranging between metallic (shiny) and nonmetallic (dull)

• A physical property that describes the ability of a material to be permanently reshaped without breaking or cracking

• A pure substance composed of the same type of atom throughout

What does malleability mean?

• A physical property that describes the ability of a substance to transfer heat or electrical energy

• A physical property that describes the way the surface of a substance shines or reflects light, ranging between metallic (shiny) and nonmetallic (dull)

• A physical property that describes the ability of a material to be permanently reshaped without breaking or cracking

• A pure substance composed of the same type of atom throughout

Tending to break rather than to flex or bend

• brittle

• malleable

• element

• shiny

A characteristic that can be observed or measured without changing the substance

• Malleability

• Element

• Physical Property

• Conductivity

Please select the physical properties. There is more than 1!

• Luster

• Color

• Malleability

• Conductivity

Elements that are typically not shiny, not malleable, and poor conductors of heat and electricity; usually gases or brittle solids

• Metal

• Non-metal

• Metalloid

Elements that are typically solid, shiny, malleable, and good conductors of heat and electricity; includes most elements

• Metal

• Non-metal

• Metalloid

Elements that have properties of both metals and nonmetals; sometimes referred to as semiconductors

• Metal

• Non-metal

• Metalloid

Which of the following is a property of a non-metal?

• Conducts electricity

• Can be hammered into thin sheets

• Is brittle and breaks easily

• Has a shiny, metallic luster