Metals
Good conductors of heat and electricity
What are metals?
Poor conductors of heat and electricity
What are nonmetals?
These elements have properties of metals and nonmetals
What are metalloids?
The periodic table group alkali metals belong to
What is Group 1?
The group number of noble gases
What is Group 18?
The ability of metals to be bent into shapes
What is malleability?
This state of matter is common for nonmetals
What is gas?
This element is a common metalloid used in electronics
What is silicon?
An alkali metal found in bananasWhat is potassium?
What is potassium?
A noble gas used to fill balloons
What is helium?
Most metals are this at room temperature
What is a solid?
A nonmetal needed for breathing
What is oxygen?
Metalloids are found along this line on the periodic table
What is the zigzag (stair-step) line?
The number of valence electrons in alkali metals
What is one?
A noble gas used in bright advertising signs
What is neon?
Metals usually form this type of ion
What is a positive ion?
Nonmetals usually have this appearance
What is dull?
Metalloids are often used as these in electronics
What are semiconductors?
A soft alkali metal used in table salt
What is sodium?
The reason noble gases rarely react
What is a full valence shell?
A metal used to make wires
What is copper?
Nonmetals usually form this type of ion
What is a negative ion?
Metalloids are often used as this in devices
What are semiconductors?
A property that makes alkali metals dangerous in water
What is high reactivity?
The heaviest naturally occurring noble gas
What is radon?