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Metals and non-metals

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Have a high melting point

a)

Metals

b)

Non-Metals

2.

Which of these elements are a Non-Metal?

a)

Copper

b)

Gold

c)

Oxygen

3.

Metals are good conductors of heat, true or false?

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Steel is an example of an

a)

Metal

b)

Non-Metal

c)

Alloy

5.

Non-Metals generally have ____ boiling points.

a)

High

b)

Low

6.

Non-metals are insulators, this means electricity ______ flow through them.

a)

can

b)

cannot

7.

Brittle

a)

Metal

b)

Non metal

c)

None of them

d)

Both metal and non-metals

8.

Iron is a good conductor, malleable and magnetic. What type of element is Iron?

a)

Metal

b)

Non-metal

c)

Metalloid

d)

None of the above

9.

What is not a property of a metal?

a)

Ductile

b)

Sonorous

c)

Malleable

d)

Low melting point

10.
Which of these grouping of elements could have the characteristic of luster (shiny)?
a)
Metal
b)
Nonmetal
c)
metalloids
d)
Both metals and metalloids
11.
All of the following would classify an element as a metal except?
a)
Dull
b)
Luster
c)
Malleable
d)
Hard
12.
Iron is a good conductor, malleable and magnetic. What type of element is Iron? 
a)
Metal
b)
Nonmetal
c)
Metalloid
d)
Pretty
13.
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
14.
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
15.
At room temperature metals are ____________.
a)
plasma
b)
gases
c)
liquid
d)
solid
16.

Name the metal which is in liquid state.

a)

Iron

b)

Mercury

c)

Zinc

d)

Aluminium

17.

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

18.
What does malleable mean?
a)
able to bend
b)
will break easily
c)
can be used for wire
d)
is shiny
19.
What does ductile mean?
a)
electricity flows easily
b)
quacks like a duck
c)
can be drawn into a wire
d)
able to bend
20.
Which of the following is a metal?
a)
chlorine
b)
sodium
c)
Oxygen