Metals, Nonmetals & Metalloids Vocabulary

What does brittle mean?

• breaks easily

• hard

• shiny

• dull

What does malleable mean?

• metal

• ability to be hammered into sheets

• physical properties

What does ductile mean?

• malleable

• pulled into a wire

• made into thin sheets

What does luster mean?

• dullness

• light reflects off an object

• shiny

What has physical properties of both metals and nonmetals?

• Metal

• Nonmetals

• Metalloids

Which side is nonmetals mostly found on the period table?

• Left

• Right

• Middle

What does conductivity mean?

• magnetic

• ability to transfer heat or electricity easily

• metal

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What does dull mean?

• Opposite of shiny

• Shiny

• Luster

Which side of the periodic table is mostly metals?

• Right

• Middle

• Left

Physical property is used to.....?

• combine with other elements

• used to observe and describe matter

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