1st SW Warm Up 8 & 9
metal
nonmetal
1.
Mrs. Davis found this substanceat school and was trying todetermine if it was a metal, nonmetal, or metalloid.It has luster, conducts electricity,and is very malleable.  Mrs. Davisthinks this substance must bea___________________.
metalloid
metal
metalloid
nonmetal
2.
Mrs. Ruble found these pieces of material outsidewhile riding her dirt bikeone weekend.  She discoveredthey had luster and were very brittle.  She tested butfound they did not conductelectricity as good as copper wire. Mrs. Ruble thinks thismaterial is a______________.
metal
3.
Mrs. Davis discovered this purpleliquid inside of her lab when organizingthe chemicals in the closet. She found itdoes not have luster, is not ductile ormalleable, and does not conduct electricity.  Mrs. Davis thinks thissubstance must be a  _______________.
nonmetal
metalloid
4.
What physical property is this student trying to test?
conductivity
magnetism
malleability
luster
metal
nonmetal
5.
Mrs. Ruble was conductinga test to see how this objectreacted to electricity.  Aftertesting it, she decided it was a shiny semiconductor.This object must be a:
metalloid
conductivity
malleability
6.
This is a picture of gold thathas been hammered into avery thin sheet to be usedin space ships made by NASA.  What physical property of gold makes it able to beturned into thin sheets likethis one?
magnetism
luster
7.
If Mrs. Ruble were to scrape a piece of redside walk chalk across the ground, it wouldleave a streak color of:______________
green
blue
red
yellow
Fracture
Cleavage
snap crackle pop
hair line fracture
8.
This is a picture of a broken bone.  When thebone broke, it broke withvery jagged edges.  Thistype of break is called:
topaz is harder than felspar but softer than fluorite
feldspar is harder than apatite and softer than quartz.
9.
Which of the following statements is true?
10.
This student is testing a quartz crystal for a certainproperty.  What property are they testing?
malleability
hardness
luster
11.
What hardness does quartz have?
7
4
12.
This mineral is showing a good example of:
minerals
cleavage
hardess
fracture
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