Who am I? Most of us have characteristics of both metal and nonmetals—dull or shiny, brittle, malleable or ductile. Metalloids

Metals

Nonmetals

Meralloids is the answer because they contain all of those characteristics

the old alchemists made significant contributions to science even though there starting premises were off a bit. their conclusions after failure would steer them into better directions for investigation. science is no more than close observation and the initial mistakes result in rethinking and retrying experiments.

the dependant variable is spilled water

the independent is the heat