Pages

Wednesday 21 June 2017

Basic Facts Of Metals and Nonmetals

Fashioned For You

Elements can be divided into two classes:
1)Metals
2)Non Metals

Properties Of Metals:
1) Have lusture
2) Opaque - Liquid cannot pass through
3) Hard
4) Strong
5) Hard wearing, last long
6) Malleable - Can be hammered into shapes
7) Ductile - Can be drawn into wires
8) Good conductor of electricity and heat

Short terms of elements:
1) Meth
2) Eth
3) Prop
4) But
5) Pent
6) Hex
7) Hept
8) Oct
9) Non
10) Dec

Second part of SCI 10

1) Is a good conductor of electricity
2) Sonorous - produce ringing sound when hit
3) Usually solid at room temperature
4) High density - usually heavy
5) Form basic oxides
6) high melting point
7) Ions of metals have positive charges

Exceptions:
Sodium is a soft metal of low density

Properties of Nonmetals:

1) Dull - Not shiny
2) Soft
3) Brittle - Breaks easily
4) low density - light
5) poor or non conductor of heat and electricity
6) usually liquids or gasses
7) low melting point
8) form acidic oxide
9) some ions have negative ions other are neutral


Oxide is a binary compound of oxygen and another element or group.

Monday 19 June 2017

(Social Studies) - Human Rights Assessment - Introduction


Image result for human rights


We will conduct a Social Inquiry on the Human Rights issue of Inhuman treatment and torture (Article 5 of the Universal Human Rights Bill) . Our case study will focus on the country of Afghanistan.Introduction: The Human Rights issue that we will be researching is “Inhuman treatment and torture.” The reason why we have chosen this topic is because we have prior information about this topic and we feel strongly that it is something that shouldn’t happen and is an important issue that needs to be stopped. There are numerous people within the Middle-East, in Afghanistan that have been subjected to torture or to cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Within the research that has been done, we’ve found that there has been Afghan Police Officers killed in a Taliban attack, in Afghanistan, Gardez.