Classify the following elements as metals, non metals or metalloids: [3 MARKS] (a) Sn (b) Br (c) Ho (d) Cd (e) Si (f) Xe.
Each point: 0.5 Mark (a) metal (b) non metal (c) metal (d) metal (e) metalloid (f) non metal
(a) What are metalloids? Name two metalloids.
(b) Classify the following elements into metals,non-metals, and metalloids:
Copper, Sulphur, Aluminium, Oxygen, Silicon, Nitrogen, Germanium, Mercury, Chlorine, and Sodium.
The three elements having chemical symbols of Si, B and Ge are :
(a) all metals (b) all non-metals
(c) all metalloids (d) Si is metalloid, B is metal and Ge is non-metal
(a) always metals
(b) always non-metals
(c) always metalloids
(d) either metals or non-metals