Metals, Nonmetals, Metalloids

• Science has categorized metals, nonmetals, and metalloids based on the periodic table.
• Metals take up most of the periodic table and are classified as metals.
• Non-metals are usually gases at room temperature and can be found on the right side of the periodic table.
• Metalloids are located in the middle of the periodic table and are located on the staircase.
• Metals are malleable, can change shapes, and are pretty strong.
• Metals are also good conductors and allow electricity to flow through.
• Graphite, which is also made up of carbon, is a good conductor of electricity and is used in pencils.
• Non-metals are brittle and break easily.
• Charcoal, which is made up of mostly carbon, is a non-metal and does not allow electricity to flow through.
• Silicon, which is shiny like a metal, is a metalloid and is brittle.
• Metalloids are in the middle in between metals and non-metals and are semiconductors, meaning they do conduct electricity but not as great as metals and not as poorly as non-metals.
• Non-metals are usually gases at room temperature and are located on the right side of the periodic table.