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Metals and Non-metals

Science · CBSE Class 10 · English Medium · 20 questions and answers

Sample questions

Q: List four physical properties of metals.

A: Metals are lustrous, malleable, ductile and good conductors of heat and electricity; most are also sonorous and solid at room temperature.

Q: What is malleability?

A: The property of metals by which they can be beaten into thin sheets without breaking.

Q: What is ductility?

A: The property of metals by which they can be drawn into thin wires.

Q: Name a metal that is liquid at room temperature.

A: Mercury.

Q: Name the hardest natural non-metal.

A: Diamond (an allotrope of carbon).

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