Appartus & Their Uses

Question 1

Test tube rack:

Answer 1

To securely hold test tubes

Question 2

Florence flask:

Answer 2

(Boiling flask) used as a container to hold liquids and can also be used for boiling or distillation.

Question 3

Side-armed flask

Answer 3

(Suction flask) used in filtering processes involving vacuum filtration.

Question 4

Glass filter Funnel:

Answer 4

Used for separating solids from liquids via the laboratory process of filtration.

Question 5

Gauze:

Answer 5

Used to support the beakers, flasks or other glassware during heating.

Question 6

Liebig condenser:

Answer 6

Used for condensing vapors that pass through the centre tube

Question 7

Evaporating basin:

Answer 7

The evaporation of solutions, solids and supernatant fluids

Question 8

Conical flask:

Answer 8

Used for holding liquids and mixing them by swirling

Question 9

Mass balance:

Answer 9

A balance that determines the mass of something.

Question 10

Beaker:

Answer 10

A glass container with a flat bottom that it used to hold liquids.

Question 11

Pipette

Answer 11

A laboratory tool used to transport a measured volume of liquid.

Question 12

Thermometer:

Answer 12

Used to measure the temperature,( how hot or cold something is)

Question 13

Tripod:

Answer 13

3 legged platform used to support flasks and beakers

Question 14

Bunsen burner:

Answer 14

Lab equipment that produces a single open gas flame which is used for heating, sterilization and combustion.