Topic 1 Getting Started In Chemistry Flashcards
What is the use of a beaker in the laboratory?
A beaker is used to hold liquids.
What does a Bunsen Burner produce and what does it use to produce it?
Bunsen Burners produce heat and do this by using gas and fire.
What apparatus is used to measure the volume of different liquids?
Measuring cylinder.
Test tubes are used for containing liquids while boiling. True or false?
False.
Test tubes are used to contain liquids.
Boiling tubes are used to contain liquids while boiling.
What is the purpose of the tripod and wire gauze?
A tripod and wire gauze are used to support and spread heat when warming a flask or beaker.
What apparatus is used to contain liquids and swirl them together?
Conical flask.
A clay triangle is used to handle and carry a hot crucible. True or false?
False.
A clay triangle is used to hold a crucible while it is being heated.
Crucible tongs are used to handle and carry a hot crucible.
A crucible is a cup-shaped container capable of sustaining high temperatures. True or false?
True.
What apparatus is used together with filter paper to filter solids out of solutions?
A filter funnel.
What shape is a watch glass?
A watch glass is a circular concave piece of glass used as a surface to evaporate liquid.
What is the function of a balance in the laboratory?
A balance is used to obtain the masses of solid and liquid samples.
A Mortar and Pestle are used together to prepare substances by crushing and grinding them into a fine powder. True or false?
True.
What apparatus is used for the evaporation of solution to produce a concentrated solution or a solid of the dissolved substance?
An evaporating dish.
Why do you need to walk in the laboratory?
If you bump into someone and they’re holding something dangerous someone may get hurt badly.
Why should you not eat or drink any chemicals?
They are most likely poisonous and may even be fatal.
