Metals Nonmetals Metalloids

On which side of the Periodic Table are the nonmetals found?

• left

• right

• middle

Out of the three main groups of elements, which has the greatest conductivity?

• Metals

• Nonmetals

• Metalloids

A group of elements are shiny, malleable, and good conductors of heat and electricity. What is the classification of these elements?

• metals

• nonmetals

• metalloids

What are the physical properties we use to classify metals, nonmetals, and metalloids?

• reactivity, smell, and density

• physical state, hardness, and mass

• luster, conductivity, and malleability

Neon is colorless, a poor conductor of heat and is not able to be stretched. How would it be classified?

• Nonmetal

• Metalloid

• Metal

• None of the above

Metals are...

• dull, brittle, insulators.

• shiny or dull, brittle, semiconductor.

• shiny, malleable, conductors.

• shiny, dull, insulator.

Malleability is ___________

• the way light is reflected off a surface.

• how well a piece of matter conducts electricity

• A.  the capability of being drawn out into thin wires or threads.

• the capability of being hammered out thin.

Luster is ___________

•   the way light is reflected off a surface.

•   how well a piece of matter conducts electricity. 

•   the capability of being drawn out into thin wires or threads.

•   the capability of being hammered out thin.

Conductivity is ___________

• the way light is reflected off a surface.

• how well a piece of matter conducts electricity. 

• the capability of being hammered out thin

• A.  the capability of being drawn out into thin wires or threads.

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Ductility is ___________

•   the capability of being hammered out thin.  

•   the way light is reflected off a surface.

•   the capability of being drawn out into thin wires or threads.

•   how well a piece of matter conducts electricity.