Recap of yr 8

Question 1

What is an element

Answer 1

Elements are substances that are made up of just one type of atom.

Question 2

What are some properties of metals

Answer 2

• tend to be shiny (lustrous)
  -solid at room temp (except mercury)
• Are good conductors of heat and electricity
• Can be bent and hammered into sheets (malleable)
  -can be stretched into wires (ductile)

Question 3

Properties of non-mentals

Answer 3

• tend to be dull
  -not good conductors of heat and electricity
  -break and crumble when you bend them (brittle)

Question 4

Monatomic elements

Answer 4

An element that is made up of many individual atoms

Question 5

Molecular elements

Answer 5

Are clusters of two or more atoms bonded together

Question 6

crystal lattices

Answer 6

grid like structures that repeat the same arrangement of atoms over and over (metallic elements form crystal lattices )