Metals and Non-metals
Class 8 Science: materials: metals and non-metals
Test samples for shine, ringing, conducting electricity and hammering. Can you tell metals from non-metals?
Words to know
- Lustrous
- Shiny, like most metals.
- Sonorous
- Makes a ringing sound when struck.
- Malleable
- Can be hammered into thin sheets.
- Ductile
- Can be drawn into wires.
Quick check
Answer 3 questions to check what you learned.
Try at home
Collect a steel spoon, an aluminium foil piece, a pencil and a piece of coal or chalk. Which shine? Which bend without breaking? Sort them into metals and non-metals.