Module 17 Vocabulary Quiz

property of metals and alloys that allows them to be hammered or rolled into thin sheets

• metals

• malleable

• metallic bonding

• Transition element

• Radioactive Element

property of metals and alloys that allows them to be drawn into wires

• metals

• malleable

• ductile

• metallic bonding

• Radioactive Element

occurs because some electrons move freely among a metal’s positively charged ions, explains properties such as ductility and the ability to conduct electricity

• metals

• Transition elements

• ductile

• metallic bonding

• Radioactive Element

a molecule that consists of two atoms of the same element, joined by a covalent bond

• allotrope

• Transuranium element

• semiconductor

• Non metal

• Diatomic Molecule

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

element, such as radium, whose nucleus breaks down and emits particles and energy

• metals

• Transition elements

• ductile

• metallic bonding

• Radioactive Element

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Element that is shiny, malleable, ductile, and a good conductor of heat and electricity

• metals

• malleable

• metallic bonding

• Transition element

• Radioactive Element

elements in groups 3 through 12 of the periodic table; occur in nature as uncombined elements and include the iron triad and coinage metals

• metals

• Transition elements

• ductile

• metallic bonding

• Radioactive Element

element that shares some properties with metals and some with nonmetals

• allotrope

• Transition elements

• semiconductor

• metallic bonding

• metalloid

material that conducts an electric current under certain conditions

• allotrope

• Transuranium element

• semiconductor

• metallic bonding

• metalloid

element that usually is a gas or brittle solid at room temperature, is not malleable or ductile, is a poor conductor of heat and electricity, and typically is not shiny

• allotrope

• Transuranium element

• semiconductor

• Non metal

• metalloid