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- 1. Multiple Choice
A student is examining an object in science class. It is pale yellow, brittle solid with no shine. The sample is most likely a---
nonmetal
metalloid
metal
semi conductor
- 2. Multiple Choice
How would you classify a sample that is a silvery solid, a conductor, malleable, ductile but not brittle?
metal
nonmetal
metalloid
compound
- 3. Multiple Choice
A company is designing anew cell phone. They need a solid material that conducts electricity and can be made into a thin wire. Which material would best fit their needs?
nonmetal
metalloid
metal
- 4. Multiple Choice
When placed outside on a hot summer day, which of the following substances would feel the hottest to touch?
gold ring
sand
water
wood deck
- 5. Multiple Choice
The ability of a substance to be stretched into thin wires without breaking is known as---
malleability
conductivity
luster
ductility
- 6. Multiple Choice
Aluminum, sulfur and chlorine are elements. Tests involving these three elements would show that at normal room temperature---
sulfur is malleable and aluminum conducts electricity
chlorine is malleable and conducts electricity
aluminum is malleable and conducts electricity
all three elements are malleable and conduct electricity
- 7. Multiple Choice
When a substance can be bent, rolled out and hit with a hammer and not shatter, what physical property does it have?
luster
scratch
conductivity
malleability
- 8. Multiple Choice
A student is examining an object in science class. It is solid, does not conduct, malleable but not ductile and is shiny silver in color. The sample is most likely a----
nonmetal
metalloid
metal
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which is NOT a property of metals in solid state?
malleable
brittle
good electrical conductors
good heat conductors
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these is a property of metals?It's malleableIt can't conduct electricityThey are used in foodIt's very brittle
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich elements are found on the left to middle of The Periodic Table?MetalsNonmetalsMetalloidsCandles
- 12. Multiple ChoiceSilicon is a semiconductor and has properties of both metals and nonmetals. What type of element is Silicon?MetalNonmetalMetalloidPretty
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich elements are found on the right side of The Periodic Table?MetalsNonmetalsMetalloidsWater
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat does brittle mean?shinyable to be hammered into different shapesable to be drawn into a wirebreaks or shatters easily
- 15. Multiple ChoiceA substance that is dull, brittle, and a nonconductor would be classified as ametalnonnmetalmetalloidmetallica
- 16. Multiple Choice
Sulfur is considered:
malleable
brittle
ductile
a good conductor
- 17. Multiple Choice
How did you find out if an element is a good conductor?
it lit up a light bulb
hit it with a hammer
bubbled in the presence of acid
turned black
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of these was NOT a conductor?
sulfur
magnesium
zinc
aluminum
- 19. Multiple ChoiceAt room temperature, most metals areliquidsolidgasan alloy
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which is an example of a metalloid?
Boron
Aluminum
Chlorine
Sodium
- 21. Multiple ChoiceIf the surface of an object reflects light it haslustermalleabilityductilitydull
- 22. Multiple ChoiceA pure substance that cannot be broken down into anything simpler is a/an-atomelementcellcompound
- 23. Multiple ChoiceSome students conducted a laboratory investigation to learn more about the physical properties of different elements. They observed four samples and recorded their observations in the table . Based on these observations, which sample is most likely a nonmetal?Sample 1Sample 2Sample 3Sample 4
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe blue atoms are calledmetalsnonmetalsmetalloidsnoble gases
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