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Grade 6 chemistry

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 2hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an Element?

a)

A substance that can't be broken down into other substances

b)

The trio: Fire, Water, Ice

c)

Who knows?

d)

A mixture of two substances

2.

Which group of elements is a non-metal group

a)

Neon, Argon, Iodine

b)

Hydrogen, Oxygen, Beryllium

c)

Francium, Barium, Mercury

d)

Thallium, Sulphur(sulfur), Boron

3.

What is a non-metal

a)

A substance that is a hard solid

b)

An element or substance that is not a metal

c)

An element or substance that is both hard and not hard

d)

The lanthanide elements

4.

What is a metal element

a)

An element or substance that is hard when in solid state, opaque, shiny, and has good electrical and thermal conductivity.

b)

An element or substance that is not hard

c)

An element or substance that is unknown

d)

Part of the Halogen group

5.

What is a Metalloid?

a)

An element or substance that is semi-hard. It is also another term for semi metal.

b)

An element or substance that is hard, but not opaque

c)

Two metals mixed together

d)

Two metals in a compound

6.

What is it?

a)

Pure Substance

b)

Mixture

7.
Which of these is a property of metals?
a)
It's malleable
b)
It can't conduct electricity
c)
They are used in food
d)
It's very brittle
8.

Which of the following is true of all metals?

a)

They react with acids to form Hydrogen

b)

They are denser than water

c)

They conduct electricity

d)

They're silver in colour.

9.
Metalloids _____________
a)
have no properties of metals.
b)
have no properties of nonmetals.
c)
have some properties of both metals and nonmetals.
d)
none of the above
10.
What is a conductor?
a)
Heat and electricity move through them easily
b)
able to be drawn into a wire
c)
able to be hammered into different shapes
d)
shiny
11.
When an object changes shape when struck by a hammer.
a)
luster
b)
malleable
c)
brittleness
d)
ductile
12.
Which of these grouping of elements could have the characteristic of luster (shiny)?
a)
Metal
b)
Nonmetal
c)
metalloids
d)
Both metals and metalloids
13.
Good conductor of heat
a)
Metal
b)
Nonmetal
14.
Which of these is a property of metals?
a)
It's malleable
b)
It can't conduct electricity
c)
They are used in food
d)
It's very brittle
15.
Iron is a good conductor, malleable and magnetic. What type of element is Iron? 
a)
Metal
b)
Nonmetal
c)
Metalloid
d)
Pretty
16.
Which of the following is a property of a non-metal?
a)
Conducts electricity and heats well
b)
Can be hammered into thin sheets
c)
Is brittle and breaks easily
d)
Has a shiny, metallic luster
17.
Silicon is a semiconductor and has properties of both metals and nonmetals. What type of element is Silicon? 
a)
Metal
b)
Nonmetal
c)
Metalloid
d)
Pretty
18.
If a material can easily be drawn into the shape of a wire, it is
a)
Ductile
b)
Magnetic
c)
Malleable
d)
Reactive
19.
If a substance is magnetic it is most likely a 
a)
metal 
b)
non-metal