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6th grade Science
9.3 Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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malleability | the ability to be hammered into thin sheets |
ductility | the ability to be drawn into thin wires |
corrosion | happens when metals react with nonmetals in the environment |
insulator | any material that keeps energy such as electricity or heat from easily transferring through |
metalloid | elements that have some properties of metals and some of nonmetals |
noble gases | elements with full outer electron shells that do not react with other elements. They are found on the far right of the periodic table. |
nonmetals | elements that have properties nearly opposite of metals |
semiconductor | elements that conduct electricity but not as well as metals |