Metals & Non-Metals

Question 1

Malleable

Answer 1

Able to be beaten/hammered or pressed into a sheet.

Question 2

Ductile

Answer 2

Able to be drawn into a wire.

Question 3

Lustre

Answer 3

Shiny when polished, able to reflect light from its surface.

Question 4

Displacement Reaction

Answer 4

A metal and an ionic solution react spontaneously, the metal and metal ion swap (displace).

Question 5

Spectator Ion

Answer 5

Ions that have not taken part in the reaction.

Question 6

Alloy

Answer 6

A mixture of two or more elements in a solid which the major component is a metal.

Question 7

Allotrope

Answer 7

Two or more different physical forms in which an element can exist

Question 8

Metal + Oxygen

Answer 8

Metal Oxide

Question 9

Metal + Water

Answer 9

Metal Hydroxide + Hydrogen

Question 10

Metal + Acid

Answer 10

Salt + Hydrogen

Question 11

Where on the Periodic Table are the metals found?

Answer 11

Left Side

Question 12

Where on the Periodic Table are the non-metals found?

Answer 12

Right Side

Question 13

Colour of copper

Answer 13

Orange/Brown

Question 14

Colour of silver nitrate

Answer 14

Colourless but turns blue

Question 15

Colour of silver

Answer 15

Grey

Question 16

Colour of copper nitrate

Answer 16

Blue

Question 17

Colour of zinc

Answer 17

Grey

Question 18

Colour of iron 2 sulfate

Answer 18

Pale Green

Question 19

Colour of zinc sulfate

Answer 19

Colourless

Question 20

Colour of iron

Answer 20

Grey