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6th grade Science
9.3 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| malleability | the ability to be hammered into thin sheets |
| ductility | the ability to be drawn into thin wires |
| corrosion | happens when metals react with nonmetals in the environment |
| insulator | any material that keeps energy such as electricity or heat from easily transferring through |
| metalloid | elements that have some properties of metals and some of nonmetals |
| noble gases | elements with full outer electron shells that do not react with other elements. They are found on the far right of the periodic table. |
| nonmetals | elements that have properties nearly opposite of metals |
| semiconductor | elements that conduct electricity but not as well as metals |