Lab Equipment & Safety

used to pick up or hold hot objects

• tongs

• goggles

• beaker

• test tube

protects the eyes from flying objects or chemical splashes

• tongs

• goggles

• beaker

• test tube

a wide-mouthed container used to transport, heat, or store substances

• tongs

• goggles

• beaker

• test tube

a small glass container used to view chemical reactions or to heat small amounts of a substance

• tongs

• goggles

• beaker

• test tube

a device used to measure the mass of an object or substance

• erlenmeyer flask

• ring clamp

• graduated cylinder

• triple beam balance

protects the scientist and the scientist's clothes from hazardous or hot chemicals

• goggles

• tongs

• lab coat

• triple beam balance

used to dispense a very small amount of liquid

• eye dropper

• lab coat

• striker

• beaker

used to light a bunsen burner

• ring clamp

• striker

• lab stand

• funnel

attaches to a lab stand and used to hold a variety of lab equipment

• lab stand

• funnel

• ring clamp

• graduated cylinder

used to measure volume very precisely

• graduated cylinder

• lab coat

• beaker

• erlenmeyer flask