Worksheet: Metals and Nonmetals



1. Identify the following as metals, nonmetals, or metalloids using the periodic table.

a) silicon

(b) fluorine

(c) uranium

(d) mercury

(e) arsenic

(f) iridium

2. List three differences in the physical properties between metals and nonmetals.

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b) ________________________________

c) ________________________________

3. Why are the non-metals grouped together?

4. Why are the metals grouped together?

5. Why are the metalloids between the two?

6. Please list the chemical symbols of all the metalloids.

7. Using your notes, define the word luster.

8. What would you use the piece of equipment below to do?

9. How much liquid is in the graduated cyclinder?

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10. For what would you use the equipment below?

11. How much mass does the object being weighed below have?

12. The cartoon represents what vocabulary word we recently learned?

|Metals |Non-Metals |Metalloids |

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Please list at least 4 physical properties of Metals, Non-Metals, and Metalloids.

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