Metals, Non-Metals and Metalloids

1.

Multiple Choice

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Which of these is a property of metals?

It's malleable

It can't conduct electricity

They are used in food

It's very brittle

2.

Multiple Choice

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Good conductor of heat

Metal

Nonmetal

3.

Multiple Choice

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Which of the following is a property of a non-metal?

Conducts electricity and heats well

Can be hammered into thin sheets

Is brittle and breaks easily

Has a shiny, metallic luster

4.

Multiple Choice

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

Metal

Nonmetal

Metalloid

Pretty

5.

Multiple Choice

15 mins

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The word “luster” refers to which property of matter?

The ability to conduct electrical or thermal energy

Capable of being drawn out into thin wires

The way a surface appears when it reflects light

Suitable for being shaped by beating or rolling

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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At room temperature metals are ____________.

plasma

gases

liquid

solid

7.

Multiple Choice

1 min

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Metalloids _____________

have no properties of metals.

have no properties of nonmetals.

have some properties of both metals and nonmetals.

none of the above

8.

Multiple Choice

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Where are metalloids located on the periodic table?

to the right of nonmetals

along the zig-zag line

to the left of the zig-zag line

to the right of the zig-zag line

9.

Multiple Choice

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When an object changes shape when struck by a hammer it is said to be...

luster

malleable

brittle

ductile

10.

Multiple Choice

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Is gold metal or nonmetal?

metal

nonmetal

11.

Multiple Choice

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How do metals differ from nonmetals?

metals are shiny, nonmetals are dull

metals are good insulators, nonmetals are good conductors

metals are powdery

nonmetals are shiny

12.

Multiple Choice

1 min

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Elements in the shaded area can best be described as -

Shiny and brittle, semiconductors

Insulators

Good conductors

13.

Multiple Choice

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The elements argon, krypton, and xenon are all non-metals.What property would these elements have in common?

Good conductor of thermal energy

Poor conductor of electricity

Shiny, lustrous surface

Soft and malleable

14.

Multiple Choice

1 min

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Brittleness is _________

the capability of being broken.

the capability of being bent.

the capability of being stretched.

the capability of being molded.

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

5 pts

Carbon is dull and brittle. Carbon is a

metal

nonmetal

metalloid

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