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Quiz 6 : Metals Flashcards

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Metals - Quiz 1

What is a compound material consisting of a blended mixture of elements with at least one metal?

A. alloy
B. steel
C. heavy metal

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alloy

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Metals - Quiz 1

What lightweight metal made from bauxite is a very good electrical conductor and has excellent alloying properties?

A. lead
B. aluminium/ aluminum
C. silver

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aluminium/ aluminum

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Metals - Quiz 10

What do you call the ferrous (pure) metal, which contains typically a few tenths of a percent of carbon and has excellent alloying properties?

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Steel

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Metals - Quiz 11

What is iron produced from?

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iron ore

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Metals - Quiz 12

What do you call the basic component of ferrous metals like steel and steel alloys?

A. iron
B. iron ore
C. magnesium

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iron

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Metals - Quiz 13

What do you call the natural or artificial materials used for adhesives for example?

A. rhodium
B. rubber
C. resins

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resins

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Metals - Quiz 14

What are metals with low density like aluminium, titanium, magnesium, and lithium called?

A. light metals
B. low-density metals
C. lightweight metals

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lightweight metals

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Metals - Quiz 15

What heavy metal is one of the very few metals that is liquid at ambient temperature and ambient pressure?

A. mercury
B. quacksiver
C. lead

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mercury

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Metals - Quiz 16

What is the material with a cellular structure consisting of a solid metal with gas-filled pores called?

A. structural metal
B. metal foam
C. metal sponge

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metal foam

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Metals - Quiz 17

What are materials that are not considered as metals but show some of the properties of metals called?

A. precious metals
B. half-metals
C. metalloids

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metalloids

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Metals - Quiz 18

What do you call a chemical element that mostly lacks metallic attributes?

A. non-metal
B. metalloid
C. tungsten

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non-metal

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Metals - Quiz 19

What else do you call the intermediate product of the iron industry in the production of steel which is obtained by smelting iron ore in a blast furnace, that is also known as crude iron?

A. steel
B. pig iron
C. cast iron

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pig iron

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Metals - Quiz 2

What do you call an iron-carbon alloy with a carbon content greater than 2%?

A. copper
B. cast iron
C. high carbon steel

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cast iron

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Metals - Quiz 20

What do you call metals which are considered rare and possess valuable properties (like chemical stability, excellent electrical conductivity)?

A. precious metals
B. common metals
C. metalloids

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precious metals

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Metals - Quiz 21

What do you call a ferrous metal with excellent alloying properties?

A. galvanised metal
B. steel
C. metal foam

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steel

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Metals - Quiz 22

What do you call the precious metal that has the highest electrical conductivity of all metals?

It is _____.

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silver

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Metals - Quiz 23

material with gas-filled pores called?

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Metals - Quiz 24

What do you call a very volatile gas, which is said to be the most abundant chemical substance in the universe with the chemical symbol H in the periodic table?

A. hydrogen
B. halogen
C. helium

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Metals - Quiz 25

What heavy metal is useful as an alloying element for brass for example?

A. tin
B. mercury
C. titanium

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Metals - Quiz 26

What do you call a heavy reddish metal, which is soft but has an excellent electrical and thermal conductivity and is not a precious metal?

It is ______

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Metals - Quiz 27

What do you call a metal, which has excellent allowing properties, a very high melting point and is used in welding (Chemical symbol W)?

A. tungsten
B. wolodium
C. wolfram

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Metals - Quiz 28

What do you call a lightweight metal with a high melting point, which is used very often in prosthetics because it is bio-inert?

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Metals - Quiz 29

What do you call the metal used to protect ferrous metals for example in galvanisation?

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Metals - Quiz 3

What metal is often used to plate steel because it adds anti-corrosive properties?

A. iron
B. gold
C. chrome

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Metals - Quiz 30 What do you call the metal with the lowest density that is increasing used in batteries because of its reactivity?
lithium
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Metals - Quiz 31 What do you call a heavy metal, which is soft but toxic for living creatures and has a rather low melting point?
lead
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Metals - Quiz 32 What do you call a lightweight metal, which is very often alloyed to aluminium and can even burn under water?
magnesium
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Metals - Quiz 33 What is a compound material consisting of a blended mixture of elements with at least one metal?
alloy / alloys
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Metals - Quiz 34 What do you call the chemical element with symbol C and can have several forms (allotropes) depending of the arrangement of its atoms?
carbon
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Metals - Quiz 35 What do you call artificial inorganic, non-metallic solids comprising metal, non-metal or metalloid atoms that are primarily held in ionic or covalent bonds. They encompass a vast array of materials from clay products and silicate glass to more advanced ones?
Ceramics / ceramic
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Metals - Quiz 37 What do you call the hardest carbon allotrope, which is usually considered as highly valuable?
diamond
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Metals - Quiz 38 What do you call the precious metal that is chemically rather inert at normal scales and has a slightly lower electrical conductivity than silver?
gold
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Metals - Quiz 39 What do you call a material, which consists of one-atom thick layer of graphite?
graphene
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Metals - Quiz 4 What do you call the heavy metal, which is soft, reddish when not oxidated and has excellent electrical conductivity and alloying properties? A. mercury B. pig iron C. copper
copper
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Metals - Quiz 40 What do you call a gas, with the chemical symbol O in the periodic table?
oxygen
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Metals - Quiz 42 What do you call a copper alloy with tin and often other metals (e.g. aluminium, manganese or nickel)?
bronze
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Metals - Quiz 5 What do you call the types of compound material made up of two or more materials, which remain distinguishable (i.e. are not blended)?(two-word answer) These types of compound material are called _______
composite material / composite materials
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Metals - Quiz 6 What do you call metals containing largely iron? A. high carbon steel B. cast iron C. ferrous metals
ferrous metals
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Metals - Quiz 7 What do you call metals that are very dense? A. lightweight metals B. dense metals C. heavy metals
heavy metals
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Metals - Quiz 8 What do you call the carbon allotrope used to make graphene? The carbon allotrope used to make graphene is _______
graphite
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Metals - Quiz 9 The amount of carbon in steel can vary. What is the steel with the highest amount carbon possible (0.7% - 1.5%) called? A. high carbon steel B. carbonated metal C. pig iron
high carbon steel
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Non-Metals - Quiz 41 What do you call a gaseous non-metal with the chemical symbol N?
nitrogen

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