Lab Equipment

Question 1

Spatula

Answer 1

Do you put chemicals in test tubes

Question 2

Spot plate

Answer 2

To hold multiple small items for comparison

Question 3

Spring scale

Answer 3

Used to measure weight.

Question 4

Test tube

Answer 4

Used to hold liquids

Question 5

Test tube brush

Answer 5

Cleans test tubes

Question 6

Test tube clamps

Answer 6

Used to hold a test tube when heating them. Alternate name: wire clamp.

Question 7

Test tube rack

Answer 7

Used to hold test tubes

Question 8

Wire gauze

Answer 8

Used to protect glassware from direct flame; use with ring clamp.

Question 9

Watch glass

Answer 9

Used to hold small amounts of material for heating.

Question 10

Graduated cylinder

Answer 10

Used to measure liquid volume.

Alternate name: graduate

Question 11

Petri dish

Answer 11

Used to hold and grow microscopic organisms

Question 12

One or two hole stopper.

Answer 12

Used to allow substances to move in and out of a flask; use with glass tubing.

Question 13

Massing dish

Answer 13

Used to hold substances on a balance.

alternative name: weighing dish.

Question 14

Hand lens

Answer 14

Used to magnify an object.

Question 15

Glass tubing

Answer 15

Used to help move glass from one place to another; use with one or two whole stopper.

Question 16

Glass stirring rod

Answer 16

Used to stir liquids

Question 17

Funnel

Answer 17

Used to separate solids from liquids; use with filter paper.

Question 18

Forceps

Answer 18

Used to remove small items

Question 19

Florence flask

Answer 19

Holds liquids

Question 20

Filter Paper

Answer 20

Used to separate solids from liquids; use with funnel.

Question 21

Eyedropper

Answer 21

Used to dispense liquids one drop at a time

Question 22

Evaporating dish

Answer 22

Used to hold small amounts of liquid for evaporating.

Question 23

Erlenmeyer flask

Answer 23

Used to hold liquids and is more triangular in shape.

Question 24

Dropper bottle

Answer 24

Used to dispense liquids one drop at a time

Question 25

Cork or rubber stopper

Answer 25

Used to seal substances in a container

Question 26

Buret Clip

Answer 26

Used to hold test tubes on a burette securely upright; use with ring stand

Question 27

Beaker tongs

Answer 27

Used to move hot glassware.

Question 28

Beaker

Answer 28

Used to hold substances

Question 29

Ring stand

Answer 29

Used to hold items for heating; use with test tube clamp and ring clamp.

Question 30

Ring clamp

Answer 30

Holds flasks, beakers, etc. over a flame; use with ring stand and wire gauze.