Question 6 • GA-GSE Physical Science A
Metalloids and nonmetals can both react with oxygen to form acidic oxides, which produce acidic compounds when combined with water. Choice A is wrong because most metalloids are solids at room temperature, and choice C is wrong because metalloids are semiconductors rather than very poor conductors. Being pounded into thin sheets is a property of malleable metals, not metalloids and nonmetals.
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