Word bank: Moderately - Thin - Heat - 88 - Metals - Both - 22 - Malleable - Right -
Luster - Left - Ductile - Opposite - Appearance - (Non-metals) - Periodic-Table
- Electricity - Shiny

Most elements are . The elements on the left side of the stairstep line on the of Elements are metals. Some physical properties of metals
are (shininess), good conductors of and
, and can be hammered into sheets. Non-metals are found
to the of the stair-step line on the Periodic Table of Elements. The characters of nonmetals are
to those of metals. Nonmetals have a dull or
. Nonmetals also break easily and are not
or . Metalloids that are on
sides of the zig-zag line have both properties of metals and nonmetals. Metalloids can be
or dull and can conduct heat and electricity well.