Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids
Which of these grouping of elements could have the characteristic of luster (shiny)? Select all that apply
Word bank: Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids
What is Metals and Metalloids
What is the equation to solve for density?
What is mass/volume?
The Earth, living matter, oceans, and atmosphere are composed of-
Answer Choices
A. so many different elements that they cannot all be listed.
B. all of the elements on the Periodic Table equally.
C. a limited number of known elements.
D. no elements at all.
What is C. a limited number of known elements?
What is the outermost layer (least dense) of the Earth?
What is the Crust?
Tectonic Plates are the pieces of the ____________ that move around on top of the asthenosphere.
Answer Choices
A. Lithosphere
B. Mantle
C. Hard Rocks
D. Both B and C
What is A. Lithosphere?
Look at your periodic table.
Which element is a metalloid?
Word bank: Hydrogen, Copper, Neon, Silicon or Phosphorus
What is Silicon?
Frank has a paper clip. It has a mass of 9g and a volume of 3cm3. What is its density?
What is 3g/cm3?
What element is found in all four areas of the earth (lithosphere or solid earth), biosphere (all living matter on earth), hydrosphere (all water on earth), and atmosphere (the sphere of gases surrounding our earth)?
Answer Choices
A. Sodium (Na)
B. Oxygen (O)
C. Carbon (C)
D. Nitrogen (N)
What is B. Oxygen?
Which layer is the innermost (most dense) layer of Earth?
Answer Choices
A. Core
B. Crust
C. Outer Core
D. Inner Core
What is D. Inner Core?
The spread of molten rock comes up from through cracks and creates new oceanic crust.
Answer Choices
A. Convergent Boundary
B. Divergent Boundary
C. Transform Boundary
D. None
What is B. Divergent Boundary?
All of the following would classify an element as a metal except?
Word bank: Dull, Luster, Malleable, or Strong
What is Dull?
If you have a rectangular object with a length of 5 cm, a width of 7 cm, a height of 9 cm. What is the volume?
What is 315 cm3?
The solid part of the earth is known as the
Answer choices
A. Atmosphere
B. Lithosphere
C. Biosphere
D. Hydrosphere
What is B. Lithosphere
Which layer is not the Earth's Crust?
Answer Choices
A. Lithosphere
B. Asthenosphere
C. Continental Crust
D. Oceanic Crust
What is B. Asthenosphere?
A plate boundary is a place where two tectonic plates meet. There are several types of tectonic plate boundaries. Which statement below shows the correct definition of a tectonic plate boundary?
Answer choices
A. At a divergent boundary, plates separate.
B. At a transform boundary, plates move apart.
C. At a convergent boundary, plates slide past each other.
D. At a divergent boundary, one plate sinks under another plate.
What is A. At a divergent boundary, plates separate?
John was observing the physical properties of elements in order to classify them as either a metal, nonmetal, or metalloid. The first element was dull, brittle, and did not conduct heat. What would its classification be?
What is a nonmetal?
An irregularly shaped stone was lowered into a graduated cylinder holding a volume of water equal to 200 ml. Then the height of the water rose to 280 ml.
If the mass of the stone was 240 g, what was its density in g/ml?
What is 3 g/ml?
Name 2 elements found in the solid part of the Earth.
What is Oxygen and Silicon?
What causes the mantle to move?
What are convection currents?
Around 200 – 250 million years ago ______ started to break into separate plates.
What is Pangea?
A student is given a sample of an unknown substance. He is asked to determine if it is classified as a metal, a metalloid, or a nonmetal. He discovered that the unknown element conducted some heat and electricity had a shiny luster, and broke easily. This element is most likely a..
What is a metalloid?
Calculate the density of a sugar cube with a mass of 2.9 grams and a length of 1.5 cm, width of 1.5 cm. and height of 1.5 cm.
What is 0.86 g/cm3?
What two elements are always present together in every living thing?
What is Carbon and Hydrogen?
What heats material in the mantle causing the convection cycle?
What is the core?
When two plates converge but one slides under the other due to density.
What is subduction?