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Metals Nonmetals and Metalloids Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Metal

b)

Nonmetal

c)

Metalloid

d)

Pretty

2.

Silicon is a semiconductor and has properties of both metals and nonmetals. What type of element is Silicon?

a)

Metal

b)

Nonmetal

c)

Metalloid

d)

Pretty

3.

How is Selenium classified?

a)

Metal

b)

Nonmetal

c)

Metalloid

d)

Sedimentary

4.

Metals have all of the following physical properties except __________.

a)

high conductivity

b)

shiny luster

c)

malleable

d)

brittle

5.

Silicon is a semiconductor and has properties of both metals and nonmetals. What type of element is Silicon?

a)

Metal

b)

Nonmetal

c)

Metalloid

6.

Which elements are found on the left to middle of The Periodic Table? 

a)

Metals

b)

Nonmetals

c)

Metalloids

d)

Candles

7.

Which elements are found on the right side of The Periodic Table?

a)

Metals

b)

Nonmetals

c)

Metalloids

d)

Water

8.

All of these properties describe metals except...

a)

malleable

b)

conductors

c)

brittle 

d)

shiny

9.

Which element is a metalloid?

a)

Titanium

b)

Selenium

c)

Potassium

d)

Polonium

10.

Which element is least likely to conduct heat and electricity? 

a)

O

b)

Si

c)

Po

d)

Ca

11.

Which of the given choices correctly shows the three main groups of elements listed from least conductivity to greatest conductivity?

a)

Metals, Nonmetals, Metalloids

b)

Nonmetals, Metalloids, Metals

c)

Metalloids, Metals, Nonmetals

d)

Nonmetals, Metals, Metalloids 

12.

Which of these is a property of metals?

a)

Malleable

b)

Good Insulator

c)

Dull

d)

Very brittle

13.

Some characteristics of a metal are that it is malleable and ductile.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

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

a)

Dull

b)

Luster

c)

Malleable

d)

Hard

15.

Metalloids are weak conductors of heat and electricity. 

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

16.

Which of these grouping of elements could have the characteristic of brittle?

a)

Metal

b)

Nonmetal

17.

If a material can easily be drawn into the shape of a wire, it is

a)

Ductile

b)

Magnetic

c)

Malleable

d)

Reactive

18.

Luster is ___________

a)

  the way light is reflected off a surface.

b)

  how well a piece of matter conducts electricity. 

c)

  the capability of being drawn out into thin wires or threads.

d)

  the capability of being hammered out thin.

19.

Malleability is ___________

a)

the way light is reflected off a surface.

b)

how well a piece of matter conducts electricity

c)

A.  the capability of being drawn out into thin wires or threads.

d)

the capability of being hammered out thin.

20.

Conductivity is ___________

a)

the way light is reflected off a surface.

b)

how well a piece of matter conducts electricity. 

c)

the capability of being hammered out thin

d)

A.  the capability of being drawn out into thin wires or threads.

21.

Ductility is ___________

a)

  the capability of being hammered out thin.  

b)

  the way light is reflected off a surface.

c)

  the capability of being drawn out into thin wires or threads.

d)

  how well a piece of matter conducts electricity. 

22.

Which of the following elements is most likely to be a good conductor of electricity?

a)

A) Sulfur

b)

B) Silicon

c)

C) Copper

d)

D) Carbon

23.

Which property is least likely to be associated with nonmetals?

a)

A) Brittle

b)

B) Poor conductor of heat

c)

C) High density

d)

D) Dull appearance

24.

Which of the following elements is commonly used in semiconductors due to its metalloid properties?

a)

A) Aluminum

b)

B) Silicon

c)

C) Iron

d)

D) Oxygen

25.

What is the primary reason metals are used in electrical wiring?

a)

A) They are ductile

b)

B) They are shiny

c)

C) They are brittle

d)

D) They are insulators