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Answer key: Metals and Non-metals Sort

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Metals

  • Iron (Fe)
  • Copper (Cu)
  • Sodium (Na)
  • Aluminium (Al)
  • Gold (Au)
  • Magnesium (Mg)
  • Zinc (Zn)

Non-metals

  • Oxygen (O)
  • Sulfur (S)
  • Helium (He)
  • Carbon (C)
  • Chlorine (Cl)
  • Nitrogen (N)
  • Neon (Ne)

Metalloids

  • Silicon (Si)
  • Boron (B)

Questions

  1. Name one property that most metals share.

    They are shiny, conduct electricity and heat, and can be bent or hammered into shape.

  2. Which side of the periodic table are most non-metals on?

    The right-hand side.

  3. Which two elements on this sheet are metalloids?

    Boron (B) and silicon (Si).