Question

Hank finds a hunk of something. It appears to be an element. When he tried to pull it into a wire, it shattered but it has a shiny luster. What is it likely to be? *

Metal

Nonmetal

Metalloid

Answer 1

It’s most likely a metalloid because it was brittle.

Answer 2

Metalloid

Step-by-step explanation:

Metalloids have properties of both metals, and non metals. Metal has luster, and a nonmetal cannot be pulled into a wire, therefore it has traits of both a metal and a nonmetal, making it a metalloid.