Question

The table shows columns that Franklin uses to organize his notes on the properties of elements. His notes state that some elements are widely used in semiconductors.

A 3-column table with 2 rows. The first row has entries metals, metalloids, nonmetals. The second row has entries nothing, nothing, nothing.

Where should Franklin place this property in his table?

only in the column for metalloids
only in the column for nonmetals
in the columns for metalloids and for nonmetals
in the columns for metals and for metalloids

Answer 1

only in the column for metalloids

Reason: Common semiconductor elements (e.g., silicon and germanium) are metalloids, so the property "widely used in semiconductors" applies to metalloids.