Metals, Nonmetals, Metalloids

Tending to break rather than to flex or bend

• Brittle

• Classify

• Conductivity

• Conductor

To sort or put into groups based on similar and dissimilar physical, chemical, or biological characteristics

• Brittle

• Classify

• Conductivity

• Conductor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A physical property that describes the ability of a substance to transfer heat or electrical energy

• Brittle

• Classify

• Conductivity

• Conductor

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

A substance that allows the flow of electrical charge or transfers thermal energy through matter

• Brittle

• Classify

• Conductivity

• Conductor

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

A pure substance composed of the same type of atom throughout

• Element

• Mixture

A material that does not conduct heat or electric current

• Brittle

• Classify

• Conductivity

• Insulator

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

A physical property that describes the way the surface of a substance shines or reflects light, ranging between metallic (shiny) and nonmetallic (dull)

• Luster

• Malleability

• Conductivity

• Density

A physical property that describes the ability of a material to be permanently reshaped without breaking or cracking

• Brittle

• Classify

• Nonmalleable

• Malleable

Anything that has volume and mass

• Matter

• Substance

• Mixture

• Element

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Elements that have properties of both metals and nonmetals; sometimes referred to as semiconductors

• Metalmania

• Metal Conductors

• Metalloids

• Hydrogen