Lab safety

Question 1

Balance

Answer 1

obtaining the masses of solid and liquid samples

Question 2

beaker

Answer 2

cylindrical piece of glassware used for mixing and heating compounds

Question 3

bunsen burner

Answer 3

attached to a gas line, used to heat up substances

Question 4

burette

Answer 4

extremely accurate device used to measure volumes of substances

Question 5

clamps

Answer 5

used to hold hold a variety of things in place, particularly test tubes

Question 6

clay traingle

Answer 6

used to hold a crucible when being heated

Question 7

crucible

Answer 7

cup-shaped container used to heat chemicals as it is capable of sustaining high temperatures

Question 8

crucible tongs

Answer 8

used to hold a hot crucible

Question 9

erlenmeyer flask

Answer 9

used to hold liquids. It’s shape makes it sustainable for mixing and swirling liquids during titration

Question 10

florence flask

Answer 10

used to heat liquids

Question 11

funnel

Answer 11

used together with filter paper to filter precipitates out of solutions

Question 12

graduated cylinder

Answer 12

used to precisely measure volumes

Question 13

scoopula

Answer 13

used to transfer solids from one place to another

Question 14

mortar and pestle

Answer 14

-Increase surface are of a solid to increase the rate of reaction
- To crush, grind, and mix solid substances

Question 15

pipette bulb

Answer 15

used to transfer accurately measured amounts of liquid from one container to another

Question 16

rubber stoppers

Answer 16

used to close flasks or test tubes to prevent evaporation of liquors or escape of gases. Some have a hole in the middle to fit a thermometer through

Question 17

test tube

Answer 17

Holds small amounts of liquids for mixing or heating

Question 18

thermometer

Answer 18

used to measure temperatures (containing mercury or alcohol)

Question 19

watch glass

Answer 19

used for evaporating liquids

Question 20

wire gauze

Answer 20

used as a surface for a beaker or flask to rest when being heated by a Bunsen burner

Question 21

HHPS

Answer 21

Hazardous Household Product Symbols

Question 22

WHMIS

Answer 22

Workplace Hazardous Material Information System