Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids

All of these properties describe metals except...

• malleable
• conductors
• brittle 
• shiny

Which element is least likely to conduct heat and electricity? 

• O
• Si
• Po
• Ca

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NGSS.HS-PS1-1

A substance that is shiny and a good conductor would be classified as a

• nonmetal
• metalloid
• metal
• metallica

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NGSS.5-PS1-3

Aluminum can be hammered into different shapes or rolled into flat sheets. This means Aluminum is 

• ductile
• malleable
• lustrous
• high density

Metals can be drawn into thin wires. This property is known as being

• malleable

• ductile

• conductive

• lusterous

Metals like to form bonds with nonmetals.

• True

• False

Iron is a good conductor, malleable and magnetic. What type of element is Iron? 

• Metal
• Nonmetal
• Metalloid
• Pretty

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NGSS.HS-PS1-1

Silicon is a semiconductor and has properties of both metals and nonmetals. What type of element is Silicon? 

• Metal
• Nonmetal
• Metalloid
• Pretty

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NGSS.HS-PS1-1

Which of the given choices correctly shows the three main groups of elements listed from least conductivity to greatest conductivity?

• Metals, Nonmetals, Metalloids
• Nonmetals, Metalloids, Metals
• Metalloids, Metals, Nonmetals
• Nonmetals, Metals, Metalloids 

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NGSS.HS-PS1-1

Fluorine is used in many tooth pastes because it helps maintain healthy teeth.  At room temperature it is gaseous, and does not conduct electricity. Based off these properties, it would be classified as?

• A metal
• A non metal
• A metalloid