element 1 2 3 description Element I is a hard silvery-gray solid. A 5 cm x 5 cm square of it, only 1 mm thick, is flexed slightly by hand. The sheet snaps in half. Element 2 is a grayish-white solid with a pitted surface. A small cube of it is cut in half with a knife. Element 3 is a shiny silvery-gray solid. A 5 cm x 5 cm square of it, only 1 mm thick, is pressed into a dish-shaped mold under high pressure. When the sample is removed, it has become lighter in color and now has the shape of the mold. metal or nonmetal? O metal O nonmetal O (can't decide) metal O nonmetal O (can't decide) O metal nonmetal O (can't decide) C

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In the table below, there are descriptions of an experiment on samples of three different chemical elements. Decide whether the element is a metal or nonmetal,
if you can. If there is not enough information to decide, choose can't decide in the third column.
element
1
2
3
description
Element I is a hard silvery-gray solid. A 5 cm x 5 cm square of it, only
1 mm thick, is flexed slightly by hand. The sheet snaps in half.
Element 2 is a grayish-white solid with a pitted surface. A small cube of it
is cut in half with a knife.
Element 3 is a shiny silvery-gray solid. A 5 cm x 5 cm square of it, only
1 mm thick, is pressed into a dish-shaped mold under high pressure.
When the sample is removed, it has become lighter in color and now has
the shape of the mold.
metal or nonmetal?
O metal
O nonmetal
O (can't decide)
O metal
O nonmetal
O (can't decide)
O metal
O nonmetal
O (can't decide)
Transcribed Image Text:In the table below, there are descriptions of an experiment on samples of three different chemical elements. Decide whether the element is a metal or nonmetal, if you can. If there is not enough information to decide, choose can't decide in the third column. element 1 2 3 description Element I is a hard silvery-gray solid. A 5 cm x 5 cm square of it, only 1 mm thick, is flexed slightly by hand. The sheet snaps in half. Element 2 is a grayish-white solid with a pitted surface. A small cube of it is cut in half with a knife. Element 3 is a shiny silvery-gray solid. A 5 cm x 5 cm square of it, only 1 mm thick, is pressed into a dish-shaped mold under high pressure. When the sample is removed, it has become lighter in color and now has the shape of the mold. metal or nonmetal? O metal O nonmetal O (can't decide) O metal O nonmetal O (can't decide) O metal O nonmetal O (can't decide)
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