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WorksheetsMetals and nonmetals
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 23mins
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Class
Date
1.
What does ductile mean?
a)
electricity flows easily
b)
quacks like a duck
c)
can be drawn into a wire
d)
able to bend
2.
Is gold metal or nonmetal?
a)
metal
b)
nonmetal
3.
Is oxygen metal or nonmetal?
a)
metal
b)
nonmetal
4.
Which has a higher density?
a)
metal
b)
nonmetal
5.
What do metals conduct?
a)
heat
b)
electricity
c)
both
d)
neither
6.
If a material can easily be drawn into the shape of a wire, it is
a)
Ductile
b)
Magnetic
c)
Malleable
d)
Reactive
7.
A certain substance does not conduct heat or electricity, and breaks easily when hit with a hammer. What other property might this substance have?
a)
can be pulled into long wires
b)
dull surface
c)
high density
d)
malleable
8.
Which of the following is a physical characteristic of a metal?
a)
texture
b)
malleable
c)
brittle
d)
semi-conductor
9.
Which of the following is a physical characteristic of a nonmetal?
a)
texture
b)
malleable
c)
brittle
d)
semi-conductor
10.
What does luster mean?
a)
Breaks into pieces
b)
can be hammered into thin sheets
c)
No shine
d)
reflects light shiny
11.
What does brittle mean?
a)
Breaks into pieces
b)
can be hammered into thin sheets
c)
No shine
d)
reflects light shiny
12.
I can be drawn into wires
a)
Malleable
b)
Ductile
c)
Luster
d)
Conductor
13.
Heat and electricity flow through me
a)
Malleable
b)
Ductile
c)
Luster
d)
Conductor
14.
I can be hammered into flat sheets
a)
Malleable
b)
Ductile
c)
Luster
d)
Conductor
15.
What property must a pan have to be used for cooking?
a)
Malleable
b)
Ductile
c)
Luster
d)
Conductor
16.
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
17.
I have an object that is dull, brittle, and an insulator, what is it?
a)
metalloid
b)
non-metal
c)
metal
d)
matter
18.
If you have a material that can conduct electricity well it is probably a...
a)
Metalloid
b)
Matter
c)
Non-metal
d)
Metal
19.
Non-metals are good conductors of heat and electricity.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
20.
Non-metals are good conductors of heat and electricity.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
21.
Metalloids are weak conductors of heat and electricity.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
22.
Which of the following is a good conductor of heat?
a)
Metal
b)
Nonmetal
c)
Metalloid
23.
Which group of elements could have the characteristic of brittle?
a)
Metal
b)
Nonmetal
24.
Which of the following is a good conductor of heat?
a)
Metal
b)
Nonmetal
c)
Metalloid
25.
Some characteristics of metals are that they are malleable and ductile.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
26.
Gold is a
a)
Nonmetal
b)
Metalloids
c)
Metal
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