AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -There are more metal elements than nonmetal elements on the periodic table. Out of the 118 elements in the periodic table, there are more than 90 metal elements.

Detailed explanation-2: -On the periodic table of elements, metals are far more common than non-metals.

Detailed explanation-3: -In fact, most elements are metals. All of the elements on the left side and in the middle of the periodic table, except for hydrogen, are metals. There are several different types of metals, including alkali metals in group 1 of the periodic table, alkaline Earth metals in group 2, and transition metals in groups 3–12.

Detailed explanation-4: -The total number of elements present in the modern periodic table is 118. The number of non-metals is 18. The number of metalloids is 7 and the number of metals is 93.

Detailed explanation-5: -Seventeen elements are generally classified as nonmetals; most are gases (hydrogen, helium, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, neon, chlorine, argon, krypton, xenon and radon); one is a liquid (bromine); and a few are solids (carbon, phosphorus, sulfur, selenium, and iodine).