Topic 2 / Unit 5 [ Suggested answers to in-text activities I Check Your Understanding (page 55) Element embel fener : Auris ‘A eS Poe # Wee reese ° Discussion (page 56) Students should be able to state the follow Is and non-met ing differences in the physical properties of m Physical property its | The meting and boling poi Melting and boil ts of metals are high while that of non-metals are low Electr onductiv Metals are good conductor while non-metals are poor conductors. Heat conductivity | Metals are good conductors while non-metals are poor conductors. Check Your Understanding (page 57) 1a) Mercury, sodium b) Silicon ©) Carbon, oxygen ) Carbon X is a non-metal. It has a low melting point and does not conduet elect Y is a metal. itis shiny and can be bent or hammered into shape. Z.is a metalloid. It has the property of a non-metal (a brittle solid) and the property of a metal (can electricity). duet Check Your Understanding (page 61) 1 Alom Number ofprotons Number of neutrons Number of electrons ui 3 4 “Al 18 14 3 sCa 20 20 20 46/Atomic number, Mass number 2. Let the relative abundance of "JB and JB be y% and (100 y)% respectively Relative atomic mass of boron Weighted average mass of the isotopes tOxy+11x(100-y) 108 = 00 1080 = 1oy+1100-1ty y = 20 The relative abundance of "2B is 20% and that of 'B is 80%. Check Your Understanding (page 69) b) + 4 M A-26 B-27 0-28.82 \14r[Suggested answers to exercise | 1 Metals Metalloids x ——* can be classified into Elements are made of ¥ Atoms consist of pumber_-— ¥ Atomic ha rotons. Neutros ie number |*- Savais tor ns inside the a Nucleus ‘sum of the two numbers equals Mass number 2 a) False 1 Electrons ¥ see] arrangement called Y [eectronic arrangement The atom of the most common isotope of hydrogen ('H) does not contain neutron. b) False lope has 6 protons and 6 neutrons, The is ©) False Electrons that occupy the shells are negatively charged. d) True ‘The maximum number of electrons th scond electron shell can hold is 2(2), ie. 8.