Name
Date
Class
Key Concept Builder
LESSON 3
Nonmetals and Metalloids
Key Concept Where are nonmetals and metalloids on the periodic table?
Directions: Color the table as directed in item 1. Then answer each question on the lines provided.
13
14
15
16
17
18
1
B
C
N
O
F
Ne
2
Al
Si
P
S
Cl
Ar
3
Ga
Ge
As
Se
Br
Kr
4
In
Sn
Sb
Te
I
Xe
5
Tl
Pb
Bi
Po
At
Rn
1. Use three different colors of markers. Complete this table by shading metals one color,
metalloids a second color, and nonmetals a third color.
2. Where are nonmetals placed in relation to metalloids?
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3. Where are metalloids placed in relation to metals?
4. What separates metals and nonmetals?
5. How many nonmetals are in the second period?
6. How many metalloids are in the third period?
7. How many metalloids are in the fifth period?
8. Which nonmetals are in Group 16?
9. Which metalloids are in Group 15?
10. Which nonmetal is in Group 14?
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Name
Date
Class
Key Concept Builder
LESSON 3
Nonmetals and Metalloids
Key Concept Where are nonmetals and metalloids on the periodic table?
Directions: Put a check mark in the space to indicate whether the element is a metalloid, nonmetal, halogen,
or noble gas. Then write the element’s group number.
Element
Metalloid
Nonmetal
Halogen
Noble Gas
Group
(F) Fluorine
(Ge) Germanium
(Xe) Xenon
(O) Oxygen
(Si) Silicon
(Cl) Chlorine
(Te) Tellurium
(Rn) Radon
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(Sb) Antimony
(P) Phosphorus
(I) Iodine
(Ne) Neon
(As) Arsenic
(Kr) Krypton
(Br) Bromine
(At) Astatine
(N) Nitrogen
(He) Helium
(Po) Polonium
(S) Sulfur
(C) Carbon
(Ar) Argon
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Name
Date
Class
Key Concept Builder
LESSON 3
Nonmetals and Metalloids
Key Concept What properties do nonmetals and metalloids have?
Directions: Write the term or phrase that correctly completes each sentence. Then list the state of matter of each
element at room temperature.
Properties
Nonmetals
Metalloids
1. Many are
at room temperature.
4. Metalloids have
and
2. Solids at room temperature have no
properties of
metals and nonmetals.
.
5. They act as
.
3. Nonmetals are
conductors of electricity.
Groups 14–16
Halogens
Noble Gases
Groups 13–16
6.
7.
8.
9.
• Carbon:
• Fluorine:
• Helium:
• Boron:
• Chlorine:
• Neon:
• Germanium:
• Argon:
• Phosphorus:
• Bromine:
• Krypton:
• Oxygen:
• Iodine:
• Xenon:
• Sulfur:
• Selenium:
• Astatine:
• Silicon:
• Arsenic:
• Antimony:
• Tellurium:
• Polonium:
• Radon:
• Astatine:
Directions: On each line, write the term that correctly completes each sentence.
10. Most of the compounds that make up organisms contain
.
11.
are nonmetals that react with metals to form salts.
12.
have properties of metals and nonmetals.
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• Nitrogen:
Name
Date
Key Concept Builder
Class
LESSON 3
Nonmetals and Metalloids
Key Concept What properties do nonmetals and metalloids have?
Directions: Complete this chart by listing a fact or term next to each bullet.
Elements
Uses
•
What properties make this possible?
•
•
•
•
Nonmetals
•
•
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•
•
•
•
•
•
Metalloids
•
•
•
•
Directions: Answer each question on the lines provided.
1. Which element is the most common element in the universe?
2. How does the periodic table help you understand the properties of an element?
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