Exploring Metals
A Grade 6 science worksheet focusing on the properties, uses, and classification of metals.
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Exploring Metals
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will test your knowledge of metals.
1. Which of the following is a common property of most metals?
Dull appearance
Good conductor of electricity
Brittle (breaks easily)
Low melting point
2. Which metal is commonly used to make electrical wires due to its excellent conductivity?
Iron
Aluminum
Copper
Gold
3. Metals are generally good conductors of heat and .
4. The property of metals that allows them to be hammered into thin sheets is called .
5. All metals are magnetic.
True
False
6. Metals tend to be shiny.
True
False
7. Name two common uses of metals in everyday life.
8. Explain the difference between a metal and a non-metal in terms of conductivity.
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
9. The shiny appearance of metals is also known as being .
10. A mixture of two or more metals, or a metal and another element, is called an .
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