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15. Click on Other Metals (left bar) and answer these questions.

a. How many elements are in this group? ______________

b. What are the group numbers? _________ through __________

c. How are these other metals similar to the transition metals? ______________

d. How are these metals different than the transition metals? ________________

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e. List three physical properties of these other metals. _________________________

f. What are the oxidation numbers for this group? ______________________

16. Click on Metalloids to answer these questions.

a. On your periodic table, draw the black stair-step line that distinguishes metals from nonmetals.

b. Metalloids have properties of both ________ and _____________.

c. Define semiconductor ___________________________________.

d. Name two metalloids that are semi-conductors. ____________and __________.

e. This property makes metalloids useful in ____________and ______________.

17. Click in Nonmetals to answer these questions.

a. What are the group numbers? ___________ through ____________

b. List four characteristics of ALL nonmetals. ______________________________

c. What two states of matter do nonmetals exist in at room temperature?

_________________________

d. The nonmetals have no _______________and do not ____________________.

e. What are the oxidation numbers of the nonmetals? _______________________

18. Click on the Halogens (left bar) to answer these questions.

a. What is the halogen group number? ___________________

b. Are halogens metals or nonmetals? ______________________

c. The term “halogen” means ____________________ and compounds containing halogens are

called ____________________.

d. How many electrons are in their outer shell? __________________

e. What is their oxidation number? ______________________

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