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WorksheetsMetals, Non-metals and metalloids
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is not a property of a metal?
a)
Ductile
b)
Sonorous
c)
Malleable
d)
Low melting point
2.
All of the following would classify an element as a metal except?
a)
Dull
b)
Luster
c)
Malleable
d)
Hard
3.
Iron is a good conductor, malleable and magnetic. What type of element is Iron?
a)
Metal
b)
Nonmetal
c)
Metalloid
d)
Pretty
4.
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
5.
How do metals differ from nonmetals?
a)
metals are shiny, nonmetals are dull
b)
metals are good insulators, nonmetals are good conductors
c)
metals are powdery
d)
nonmetals are shiny
6.
At room temperature metals are ____________.
a)
plasma
b)
gases
c)
liquid
d)
solid
7.
Metals are sonorous in nature. What is sonorous?
a)
Making into powder
b)
Drawn into wires
c)
Make sound on beating
d)
None of these
8.
What does ductile mean?
a)
electricity flows easily
b)
quacks like a duck
c)
can be drawn into a wire
d)
able to bend
9.
Which of the following is a metal?
a)
chlorine
b)
sodium
c)
Oxygen
10.
Is gold metal or nonmetal?
a)
metal
b)
nonmetal
11.
If a substance is magnetic it is most likely a
a)
metal
b)
non-metal
12.
The word “luster” refers to which property of matter?
a)
The ability to conduct electrical or thermal energy
b)
Capable of being drawn out into thin wires
c)
The way a surface appears when it reflects light
d)
Suitable for being shaped by beating or rolling
13.
Are metals good insulators?
a)
No
b)
Yes
14.
The approximate number of elements we know about today is .......
a)
18
b)
48
c)
118
d)
1018
15.
Where are the non-metallic elements found in the periodic table?
a)
In the middle
b)
In the top rows
c)
On the left-hand side
d)
On the right-hand side
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