Quiz: Periodic table properties

 

Which of these is a property of metals?

• It's malleable

• They are used in food

• It can't conduct electricity

• It's very brittle

Good conductor of heat and electricity

• Metal

• Nonmetal

• Metalloid

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

• Conducts electricity and heats well

• 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

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

• The ability to conduct electrical or thermal energy

• The way a surface appears when it reflects light

• Suitable for being shaped by beating or rolling

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?

• on the zig-zag line

• to the right of nonmetals

• to the left of the zig-zag line

Is gold metal or nonmetal?

• metal

• nonmetal

Brittleness is _________

• the capability of being stretched.

• the capability of being broken.

• the capability of being molded.

Carbon is dull and brittle. Carbon is a

• metal

• nonmetal

• metalloid