Metals and Non-metals

Question 1

Are metals or non metals more abundant in the periodic table?

Answer 1

Metals (3/4)

Question 2

What are the qualities of metals?

Answer 2

Sonorous (makes ringing sound when hit), malleable (can be bent into different shapes), ductile (can be drawn out into wires), shiny, good conductors (of both heat and electricity), high melting and boiling points), magnetic (some of them), dense

Question 3

What are the qualities of non metals?

Answer 3

Not sonorous, ductile or malleable, dull, light, brittle, low melting and boiling points, not magnetic, bad conductors

Question 4

What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?

Answer 4

Mercury

Question 5

What is the only non metal that conducts electricity?

Answer 5

Graphite (carbon)