Metals & Alloys Quiz

Tensile strength is

• the amount of weight a material can support.

• the amount of stretching a material can withstand before breaking or failing.

• the amount of liquid a material can absorb before breaking.

• a test for the amount of iron in a metal.

Alloys are created to improve the working properties and appearance of metals, they are made by combining two or more elements.

• True

• False

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Many alloys are softer than the elements that are in them.

• True

• False

In steel, iron is mixed with small amounts of non-metal, _______ .

• Copper

• Carbon

• Diamonds

• Wood

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Pure iron is _________________ .

• soft and weak

• hard and stong

• bendy and brittle

Bronze is an alloy of copper and _____.

• Steel

• Iron

• Tin

• Carbon

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

• Ductile
• Magnetic
• Malleable
• Reactive

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

• Lustrous

• Low melting and boiling points

• Malleable

• Ductile

Which of the following is not a property of a metal?

• Lustrous

• Ductile

• Brittle

• Dense

All metal elements melt at the same boiling point.

• True

• False