Free Printable Metals and Non-Metals

1.

What is not a property of a metal?

a)

Ductile

b)

Sonorous

c)

Malleable

d)

Low melting point

2.

Which of these grouping of elements could have the characteristic of luster (shiny)?

a)

Metal

b)

Nonmetal

c)

metalloids

d)

Both metals and metalloids

3.

All of the following would classify an element as a metal except?

a)

Dull

b)

Luster

c)

Malleable

d)

Hard

4.

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

a)

Metal

b)

Nonmetal

c)

Metalloid

d)

Pretty

5.

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

6.

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

7.

At room temperature metals are ____________.

a)

plasma

b)

gases

c)

liquid

d)

solid

8.

Name the metal which is in liquid state.

a)

Iron

b)

Mercury

c)

Zinc

d)

Aluminium

9.

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

10.

What does malleable mean?

a)

able to bend

b)

will break easily

c)

can be used for wire

d)

is shiny

11.

What does ductile mean?

a)

electricity flows easily

b)

quacks like a duck

c)

can be drawn into a wire

d)

able to bend

12.

Which of the following is a metal?

a)

chlorine

b)

sodium

c)

Oxygen

13.

John was observing the physical properties of elements in order to classify them as either a metal, nonmetal, or metalloid. The first element was dull, brittle, and did not conduct heat. What would its classification be?

a)

metal

b)

nonmetal

c)

metalloid

14.

Is gold metal or nonmetal?

a)

metal

b)

nonmetal

15.

Which of the following is considered a physical property of an element?

a)

density

b)

color

c)

conductivity

d)

flammable

16.

What kind of densities do gases have?

a)

high

b)

medium

c)

low

17.

A student tested the conductivity of four elements using an incomplete electrical circuit. When the element is placed in the circuit, the bulb lights up brightly, lights up dimly, or does not light up at all based on the element’s ability to conduct electricity. The table below shows the results of her investigation. Based on the results of the conductivity test, which element is classified as a metal?

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Arsenic

c)

Krypton

d)

Copper

18.

If a substance is magnetic it is most likely a

a)

metal

b)

non-metal

19.

Which metal would be suitable for all of the following uses?
# Making aircraft bodies
# Making food containers
# Making overhead power cables

a)

aluminium

b)

mild steel

c)

gold

d)

pure iron

20.

Brittle

a)

Metal

b)

Non metal

c)

None of them

d)

Both metal and non-metals

21.

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

22.

A student tested the conductivity of four elements using an incomplete electrical circuit. When the element is placed in the circuit, the bulb lights up brightly, lights up dimly, or does not light up at all based on the element’s ability to conduct electricity. The table below shows the results of her investigation. Based on the results of the conductivity test, which element is classified as a metal?

(a)

23.

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

24.

The table shows the properties of four elements. Which element in the table is classified as a metal?

a)

Manganese

b)

Sulfur

c)

Silicon

d)

Neon

25.

What is just so typical of NON-metals?

a)

They don't know what colours go well together.

b)

Malleable.

c)

Form acidic oxides.

d)

Good conductors of electricity.

e)

High melting points.

26.

A metal which occur in free state

a)

Gold

b)

Zinc

c)

Copper

d)

Calcium

27.

In chemistry, a displacement reaction is where

a)

a more reactive metal displaces a less reactive metal from its compound

b)

two reactive metals join together to form an alloy

c)

a less reactive metal displaces a more reactive metal from its compound

d)

a more reactive metal is removed from its compound by a less reactive metal

28.

Look at part of the reactivity series? Which one of the following statements is correct?

a)

zinc is more reactive than magnesium

b)

copper is the most reactive

c)

tin is more reactive than lead

d)

lead is more reactive than aluminium

29.

calcium is more reactive than iron. What will be produced when calcium sulphate and iron are mixed together?

a)

no reaction happens so the reactants stay the same

b)

calcium and iron sulphate

c)

iron sulphate and hydrogen

d)

water and iron sulphate

HIDE ANSWER

30.

When an object changes shape when struck by a hammer.

a)

luster

b)

malleable

c)

brittleness

d)

ductile

31.

Which one of the following Would the following result in a displacement reaction?

a)

Iron with magnesium chloride

b)

magnesium with iron chloride

c)

Iron with Zinc Sulphate

d)

gold with silver nitrate

32.

When metal reacts with liquid water the products are...

a)

metal hydroxide and oxygen gas

b)

metal hydroxide and hydrogen gas

c)

metal oxide and oxygen gas

d)

metal oxide and hydrogen gas

33.

The list which contains only metals is .......

a)

aluminium, copper, nitrogen

b)

iron, oxygen, hydrogen

c)

iron, silver, aluminium

d)

iron, sulphur, copper

34.

Metals generally react with dilute acids to produce hydrogen gas. Which one of the following metals does not react with dilute hydrochloric acid?

a)

magnesium

b)

iron

c)

aluminium

d)

copper

35.

What is an ore?

a)

a solid metal

b)

a rock cantaining a metal combined with other elements

c)

an element

d)

an object used to row a boat

Metals and Non-Metals

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 2hrs 59mins

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