High School

What is a metalloid?

A. Metalloids are unstable metals that easily react.

B. Metalloids are stable gases that do not easily react.

C. Metalloids have characteristics of both nonmetals and metals; they can lose electrons easier than metals, but not as well as nonmetals.

D. Metalloids have characteristics of both nonmetals and metals; they can lose electrons easier than nonmetals, but not as well as metals.