Metals, Non-Metals and Metalloids

Which of these is a property of metals?

• It's malleable
• It can't conduct electricity
• They are used in food
• It's very brittle

Good conductor of heat

• Metal
• Nonmetal

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

• Conducts electricity and heats well
• Can be hammered into thin sheets
• Is brittle and breaks easily
• Has a shiny, metallic luster

Iron is a good conductor, malleable and magnetic. What type of element is Iron? 

• Metal
• Nonmetal
• Metalloid
• Pretty

The word “luster” refers to which property of matter?

• The ability to conduct electrical or thermal energy
• Capable of being drawn out into thin wires
• The way a surface appears when it reflects light
• Suitable for being shaped by beating or rolling

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At room temperature metals are ____________.

• plasma
• gases
• liquid
• solid

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Metalloids _____________

• have no properties of metals.
• have no properties of nonmetals.
• have some properties of both metals and nonmetals.
• none of the above

Where are metalloids located on the periodic table?

• to the right of nonmetals
• along the zig-zag line
• to the left of the zig-zag line
• to the right of the zig-zag line

When an object changes shape when struck by a hammer it is said to be...

• luster

• malleable

• brittle

• ductile

Is gold metal or nonmetal?

• metal
• nonmetal