EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Nonmetals are (usually) poor conductors of heat and electricity, and are not malleable or ductile; many of the elemental nonmetals are gases at room temperature, while others are liquids and others are solids.

Detailed explanation-2: -Non-metals are typically brittle and are not easily molded into shapes. Example non-metal elements are Hydrogen and Carbon. Metalloids share characteristics of both metals and non-metals and are also called semimetals.

Detailed explanation-3: -Malleability: Metalloids can be malleable and ductile, like metals. They also can be brittle, similar to nonmetals. Conductivity: Metalloids have intermediate heat and electrical conductivity. They do not conduct as effectively as metals, but they are not insulators like the nonmetals.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sulfur is a poor conductor of heat and electricity. It is also brittle in the solid state. These are all nonmetal characteristics.