Apparatus Flashcards
What is a Petri dish used for?
It’s used for growing micro-organisms
What is a graduated cylinder used for?
It is used for measuring substances accurately
What is a tripod used for?
It’s used for holding a wire gauze or pipe clay triangle
What is a clay pipe triangle used for?
Holding crucibles
What is a gas-washing bottle used for?
Passing gases through a liquid
What is a crucible ?
Used for heating solids at a high temperature
What is a test tube used for?
Holding liquids and solids
What is a round bottomed flask used for?
For heating liquids
What is a Retort stand used for?
Holding an object in position
What is a pipette used for?
Used for delivering a fixed amount of liquid
What is a Burette used for?
Used for delivering an accurate amount of liquid
What’s a beaker used for?
Holding liquids
What’s a conical flask used for?
Holding liquids
What’s a Büchner flask used for?
The preparation of gases and for filtering under suction