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WorksheetsMETALS AND NON METALS
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 28mins
What is just so typical of NON-metals?
They don't know what colours go well together.
Malleable.
Form acidic oxides.
Good conductors of electricity.
High melting points.
A metal high in the reactivity series.....
Forms unstable compounds.
Can be obtained by the reduction of the ore with the carbon.
Readily gains electrons.
Burns to form basic oxides.
Reacts readily with cold water to form Hydrogen.
By looking at the element illustrated here, how might you classify it by appearance?
Metal
Non-Metal
Metalloid
This picture illustrates copper's
brittleness
malleability
ductility
Potassium (K), an alkali metal, and magnesium (Mg), an alkaline earth metal, both combine readily with bromine (Br), a halogen. What compound will each element (K and Mg) most likely form with bromine?
KBr and Mg2Br
KBr and MgBr
K2Br and Mg2Br
KBr and MgBr2
Unknown element W has 2 valence electrons. Unknown element X has 7 valence electrons. Which formula shows the most likely outcome when elements W and X react?
WX
WX2
W2X
W2X2
Amphoteric oxides react with both acids and alkali to form salt and water.Pick the amphoteric oxide
Aluminium oxide
calcium oxide
zinc oxide
Both aluminium and zinc oxide
The metal that will release hydrogen gas on reacting with Dilute nitric acid will be:
Sodium
Iron
Magnesium
Zinc
