Name:
Section 17.1 Review – Metals (pg. 518-525)
Main Idea: Metals are located on the left side of the periodic table and are generally shiny, malleable, ductile,
and good conductors.
Vocabulary:
 Metal:

Malleable:

Ductile:

Radioactive Element

Transition Element:
1.) Give five properties of metals
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2.) What side are metals located at on the periodic table?
3.) Why can metals be hammered into shapes or drawn into wire?
4.) Why do metals conduct electricity so well?
5.) Name the first group and identify how many outer electrons each element has.
6.) What do you know about the following metals?
Lithium:
Potassium:
7.) Name the second group and identify how many outer electrons each element has.
8.) What do you know about the following metals?
Magnesium:
Calcium:
9.) What groups belong to the Transition Elements?
10.) What 3 elements form the iron triad?
11.) What 3 elements make the coinage metals?
12.) What metal is the only liquid at room temperature?
13.) Describe what ores are.