Unit 5: BR #4 Properties of Metals and Nonmetals

Having the ability to be drawn into a wire describes which property?

• Malleable
• Ductile
• Brittle
• Nonconductor

Silicon has properties of both metals and nonmetals.

Classify the element: Silicon

• Metal
• Nonmetal
• Metalloid
• Inner Transition Metal

What does ductile mean?

• electricity flows easily
• quacks like a duck
• can be drawn into a wire
• able to bend

What does malleable mean?

• able to bend
• will break easily
• can be used for wire
• is shiny

What property describes the ability to reflect light brightly (shine)?

• luster
• malleable
• ductile
• brittle

Which property means that a substance breaks easily in its solid state?

• Malleable
• Ductile
• Brittle
• Conductor

Margaret found an unknown object on the ground while walking on the beach.  She discovered that it shatters easily, it does not conduct heat or electricity, and is not shiny.  What type of object did she find?

• Metal
• Nonmetal
• Metalloid
• Compound

Elements with the same valence electrons will have similar chemical behavior.

Which of the following will have similar properties?

• O, S, Se

• O, F, Ne

• N, Ne, Na

• H, K, P

Each column in the periodic table is called a _________ .

• period
• group
• cluster
• unit

Periods on the periodic table are __________.

• Horizontal Rows
• Vertical Columns