Metals and non Metals

Question 1

What is one of the key features of metals and non metals?

Answer 1

Metals form positive ions when they react and non-metals don’t form ions or they just form negative ions.

Question 2

What group 1 called?

Answer 2

The alkali metals.

Question 3

What is group 7 called?

Answer 3

The halogens.

Question 4

What is group 0 called?

Answer 4

The noble gases.

Question 5

What are the physical properties of metals?

Answer 5

Metallic bonding-a special bond only metals have.
Malleable-This means they can be bent easily without snapping.
Great conductors of heat and electricity.
High melting and bonding point.
shiny.

Question 6

What are the physical properties of non metals?

Answer 6

Dull in colour.
Brittle-This means they easily break (like the carbon in your pencil).
Low melting and boiling points.

Question 7

Where are the transition metals?

Answer 7

They are found in the centre of the periodic table.

Question 8

What are some of the properties that transition metals have?

Answer 8

They can form more than one ion.
They make really good catalysts.

Question 9

What is a catalysts?

Answer 9

A catalysts is a substance which increases the rate of chemical reaction without being changed or used up in the reaction.

Question 10

Useful video:

Answer 10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc2JBp91V7o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdS9roW7IzM