8AS Practical Skills

When pouring a liquid from one container to another, how should this be done?

• Hold both containers in the air

• Hold down the container you're pouring into and pour with the other hand.

• Use one hand to pour and put the other behind your back

• Use both hands to hold the container you're pouring from.

How should a Bunsen burner be lit?

• One-handed, whilst it is under the tripod

• Using both hands, whilst it is under the tripod

• One-handed, before putting it under the tripod

• Using both hands, before putting it under the tripod

Where should a thermometer be put when it is not being used?

• Leave it in the container that is being measured

• Put it on the desk next to the apparatus

• Put it on the desk in a place where it cannot roll off

When pouring a liquid, if the container you're pouring into is on the other side of the desk, what should you do?

• Reach across the other apparatus and pour.

• Move the container closer by reaching over the desk.

• Move the container closer by walking around to get it.

How should the temperature of a liquid be measured?

• In the middle, after a stir

• At the bottom, after a stir

• In the middle, without stirring

• At the bottom, without stirring

How are volume measurements taken?

• Container on the desk, read at eye level

• Hold up the container to eye level

• Container on the desk, looking down

After heating, what should you do to the apparatus before putting it away?

• Touch it gently and briefly

• Blow on it

• Wait for someone else to take it away

• Wait for it to cool down

How confident are you for your assessment?

• Super confident

• Quite confident

• Quite nervous

• Super nervous