Question

Which of the following can be beaten into thin sheets?
(a) Zinc (b) Phosphorus (c) Sulphur (d) Oxygen

NCERT Class VIII
Science - Main Course Book

Chapter 4. Materials: Metals and Non-metals

Answer 1

Zinc can be beaten into thin sheets because zinc is a metal rest of them are non metals.

Answer 2

The answer is Option A) - Zinc.

Zinc can be beaten into thin sheets.

Among all the options given, zinc alone is a metal while the others are non-metals. This is why zinc can be modified into thin sheets. Moreover, the fact that it is brittle at room temperature makes it easily beatable to the desired form as and when required.