STEAM de Fer

Vocabulary

metal

nonmetal

malleable

conductive

iron

lustrous

wire

magnetic

brittle

aluminum

Metals

Materials con be calssified on two groups: Metal and nonmetal. Metals are strong, useful and easy to shape. They are good conductors from electricity, this means that electricity pass easly through it. Examples from metals are the iron in the nails, the aluminum

How can the metals and nonmetals be?

Metals

Nonmetals

Solids

Malleable

Conductive

Magnetic

Solis, liquid or gases

Brittle

Not magnetic

Not conductive

A test

Oxigen is a metal: No

If something is brittle, you can easily break it: Yes

All metals are magnetic: No