Properties of Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids

Learn about metals, nonmetals, and metalloids! Understand their unique properties and where they fit on the periodic table.

Click on the word and drag the line to the correct meaning. Metals are found on the left side of the periodic table. Metalloids found between metals and nonmetals (on the stair-step line) and share properties with both Nonmetals found on the far right side of the periodic table. Drag the properties into the correct group. Properties of Metals Shiny and Reflective Luster Examples: Gold, Copper, Iron Mostly Solid Good conductor of heat and electricity Malleable Ductile Properties of Nonmetals Examples- Carbon, Oxygen, Sulfur Mostly made of Gases Dull Brittle Insulator (Poor Conductor) Properties of Metalloids Shiny or Dull Semi-conductor A student finds out and unknown element conducts some heat and electricity, is shiny and broke easily (Brittle). Is this a metal, a nonmetal or a metalloid? Metal Nonmetal Metalloid Which type of elements are used in computer chips, lasers, and transistors? Metals Nonmetals Metalloids All of the following are properties used to classify elements as metals, non-metals, and metalloids EXCEPT — Texture Luster Conductivity Malleability Based on the results in the table above, which of these elements is a metal? Hydrogen Arsenic Krypton Copper Malleability is a characteristic of a metal. The word malleable means- having a shiny appearance able to be hammered into a thin sheet can be pulled into wires being a good conductor The table below describes Potassium. Is it a metal, non-metal, or a metalloid? Metal Nonmetal Metalloid None of the above The table above describes 4 different elements. Which element is a metalloid? Titanium Selenium Potassuim Polonium Label the sections 1,3 4 as metals, nonmetals or metalloids metals metalloids nonmetals