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Worksheets3. Metals and nonmetals
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
Elements that are normally in a gas form, that are dull, brittle, and poor conductors
Metals
Nonmetals
Metalloids
Solids
This is the term used for a metal that is able to be hammered out or pressed
Malleable
Ductile
Conductive
Shiny
What physical properties are used to classify elements as metals, nonmetals, or metalloids?
Color, shape, smell
Reactivity, hardness, texture
Ability to burn, mass, density
Luster, conductivity, malleability
The elements argon, krypton, and xenon are all nonmetals. What property would these elements have in common?
Good conductors of thermal energy
Unreactive
Soft and malleable
This term is used for a metal that is able to be drawn out into a thin wire
Malleable
Ductile
Conductive
Shiny
The most reactive nonmetal
Oxygen
Sulfur
Chlorine
Fluorine
Phosphorus is very reactive
Metal
Non metal
Metalloid
None of the above
More reactive metal displaces less reactive metal from its salt solution is known as
Combination reaction
Displacement reaction
Neutral reaction
None of the above
Sodium is very reactive metal because it reacts vigorously with oxygen and water and
Generate heat
Catches fire
Stored in kerosene
All of the above
What is the name of elements in group 1?
Transition Metals
Alkaline Earth Metals
Alkali Metals
Lanthanides
What elements make generally covalent bond
Metal & Nonmetal
Metal & Metal
Nonmetal & Nonmetal
none
An element reacts with oxygen to give a compound with a high melting point. This compound is also soluble in water. The element is likely to be
Ca
C
Si
Fe
Which among the following is the most abundant metal found in the earth’s crust?
Magnesium
Aluminium
Oxygen
Carbon
Which of the following pairs of reactants will go undergo a displacement reaction?
CuSO4 + Fe
ZnSO4 + Fe
MgSO4 + Fe
Ca(SO4)2 + Fe
Which of the following non-metal is lustrous?
(a) Sulphur
(b) Oxygen
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Iodine
Example of an amphoteric oxide is:
(a) Na2O
(b) K2O
(C) Al2O3
(d) MgO
Which one among the following is an acidic oxide?
(a) Na2O
(b) CO
(c) CO2
(d) Al2O3
Which of the following non-metal is good conductor of electricity?
(a) Graphite
(b) Phosphorus
(c) Hydrogen
(d) Bromine
Al3+ O2-
What holds ionic compounds together?
electronegativity
electrostatic
static
glue
Ionic compounds are high melting point because
intermolecular attraction
inter-ionic attraction
attraction between two noble elements
None of the above
