WorksheetsElements and Their Properties Quiz
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is the Periodic Table?
A chart of atomic numbers.
A table of compounds.
A chart of the elements arranged into rows/columns according to their properties.
A list of chemical reactions.
What is an element?
A mixture of different atoms.
A solution of metals.
A compound of two or more elements.
A pure substance that consists of only a single type of atom.
What is a metal?
An element that is always solid.
An element that is generally shiny and is easily pulled into wires or hammered into thin sheets.
An element that is always gaseous.
An element that is always liquid at room temperature.
What is a nonmetal?
An element that is always shiny.
An element that is always magnetic.
An element that has no metallic properties.
An element that is always a good conductor of electricity.
What is a metalloid?
An element that is a type of gas.
An element that is a type of nonmetal.
An element that is a type of metal.
An element that has properties of both metals and nonmetals.
What is ductility?
The ability of a substance to absorb light.
The ability of a substance to be pulled into thin wires.
The ability of a substance to break easily.
The ability of a substance to be hammered into sheets.
What is malleability?
The ability of a substance to conduct electricity.
The ability of a substance to reflect light.
The ability of a substance to be hammered or rolled into sheets.
The ability of a substance to be pulled into thin wires.
What does it mean if a substance is shiny?
It absorbs light.
It reflects light.
It breaks easily.
It is magnetic.
What does it mean if a substance is dull?
It is ductile.
It is malleable.
It absorbs light.
It reflects light.
What does it mean if a substance is brittle?
It is easily pulled into wires.
It is easily hammered into sheets.
It breaks easily.
It reflects light.
Which of the following is a property of metals?
Brittle
Dull
Shiny
Non-conductive
Which of the following is NOT a property of nonmetals?
Dull
Brittle
Non-conductive
Shiny
Which property allows metals to be used in electrical wiring?
Ductility
Malleability
Brittleness
Dullness
Which property allows metals to be used in making sheets?
Shininess
Brittleness
Malleability
Ductility
Which of the following is a characteristic of metalloids?
They are always gases.
They have properties of both metals and nonmetals.
They are always liquids.
They are always non-conductive.
Metal elements that have unique magnetic, catalytic, and phosphorescent properties, crucial for advanced technologies.
metals
rare Earth metals
non metals
metalloids
Which of the following is a property of a non metal element?
good conductor
brittle
shiny
malleable
What is a physical property that metalloids are know for?
good conductor
poor conductor
semiconductor
Where will you will find metalloids on the Periodic Table?
in the middle along a stairstep
on the far right
on the far left
Where will you find the non metals on the Periodic Table except for Hydrogen?
on the far right
on the far left
in the middle along a stairstep
What does most of the Periodic Table consist of?
nonmetals
metals
metalloids
What is the best physical property to use to determine if an element is a metal?
magnetism
solubility
conductivity
color
