| A | B |
| luster | having a shiny surface |
| conductors | heat and electricity travel through easily |
| malleable | able to be hammered into different shapes |
| ductile | ability to be drawn into wire |
| high density | heavy for their size |
| dull | property of nonmetals; not shiny |
| brittle | break or shatter easily |
| properties of metals | luster; good conductors; malleable; ductile; high density |
| properties of nonmetals | dull; poor conductors; brittle |
| iron and aluminum | transition metals |
| sodium and calcium | alkali and alkaline metals |
| iodine and sulfur | solid nonmetals |
| oxygen and chlorine | nonmetals that are gases |
| zigzag line | divides metals from nonmetals |