METALS AND NON-METALS PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Able to be drawn into wire is

• malleable

• insulator

• lustre

• ductile

Able to be beaten or hammered into shapes

• lustre

• malleable

• brittle

• insulator

Carries heat or electiricity

• insulator

• conductor

• lustre

• brittle

The shine on metal when light falls on it.

• lustre

• brittle

• malleable

• tarnish

Easily breaks into pieces when it falls.

• malleable

• lustre

• ductile

• brittle

Which of these objects are manufactured from metals?

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Which of these objects are manufactured from non-metals?

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Which of these grouping of elements could have the characteristic of luster (shiny)?

• Metal
• Nonmetal
• metalloids
• Both metals and metalloids

All of the following would classify an element as a metal except?

• Dull
• Luster
• Malleable
• Hard

A student is given a sample of an unknown substance. He is asked to determine if it is classified as a metal, a metalloid, or a nonmetal. He discovered that the unknown element conducted some heat and electricity, had a shiny luster, and broke easily. This element is most likely a 

• metal
• nonmetal
• metalloid
• cannot be determined