STAAR Targeted Tutorials 6.5A Metals, Nonmetals, Metalloids

______________ refers to the way most metals can be stretched into wires.

• Luster

• Ductile

• Malleable

• Metal

_____________ ______________ are things you can observe and describe about matter without it changing chemically.

• Chemical properties

• Luster

• Physical properites

• Ductile

The way a metal’s surface reflects light is called ________________.

• dull

• luster

• solids

• metal

______________ refers to the way a metal can be hammered or rolled into thin sheets.

• Luster

• Malleable

• Metalloids

• Solid

Metals are found on the ______________ side of the periodic table.

• nonmetals

• left

• right

• metals

Most metals are ____________ at room temperature.

• gas

• liquid

• solid

• left

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This group of elements have properties that are opposite those of metals. ______________________

• luster

• nonmetals

• metalloids

• metals

This group of elements sit along a stair step line on the periodic table and have properties of both metals and nonmetals. _________________________

• luster

• metals

• nonmetals

• metalloids

_______________ is the first element at the top of the stair step.

• hydrogen

• boron

• silicon

• carbon

Copper is a common metal. Which of the following properties does this metal most likely have?

• High conductivity, high malleability, and low luster

• Low conductivity, low malleability, and low luster

• High conductivity, high malleability, and high luster

• Low conductivity, high malleability, and high luster