Lab Equipment Flashcards
Spatula
Do you put chemicals in test tubes
Spot plate
To hold multiple small items for comparison
Spring scale
Used to measure weight.
Test tube
Used to hold liquids
Test tube brush
Cleans test tubes
Test tube clamps
Used to hold a test tube when heating them. Alternate name: wire clamp.
Test tube rack
Used to hold test tubes
Wire gauze
Used to protect glassware from direct flame; use with ring clamp.
Watch glass
Used to hold small amounts of material for heating.
Graduated cylinder
Used to measure liquid volume.
Alternate name: graduate
Petri dish
Used to hold and grow microscopic organisms
One or two hole stopper.
Used to allow substances to move in and out of a flask; use with glass tubing.
Massing dish
Used to hold substances on a balance.
alternative name: weighing dish.
Hand lens
Used to magnify an object.
Glass tubing
Used to help move glass from one place to another; use with one or two whole stopper.
Glass stirring rod
Used to stir liquids
Funnel
Used to separate solids from liquids; use with filter paper.
Forceps
Used to remove small items
Florence flask
Holds liquids
Filter Paper
Used to separate solids from liquids; use with funnel.
Eyedropper
Used to dispense liquids one drop at a time
Evaporating dish
Used to hold small amounts of liquid for evaporating.
Erlenmeyer flask
Used to hold liquids and is more triangular in shape.
Dropper bottle
Used to dispense liquids one drop at a time
Cork or rubber stopper
Used to seal substances in a container
Buret Clip
Used to hold test tubes on a burette securely upright; use with ring stand
Beaker tongs
Used to move hot glassware.
Beaker
Used to hold substances
Ring stand
Used to hold items for heating; use with test tube clamp and ring clamp.
Ring clamp
Holds flasks, beakers, etc. over a flame; use with ring stand and wire gauze.
