Lab Equipment

What is the name of this tool?

• graduated cylinder

• petri dish

• bunsen burner

• test tube

A ____ measures the amount of force (push or pull) on an object.

• funnel

• spring scale

• magnet

• test tube

This container that is used to culture cells is called a(n) ____.

• petri dish

• beaker

• test tube

• graduated cylinder

To protect your clothing during a lab, you could wear ____.

• gloves

• a slide

• goggles

• an apron

If you are picking up small object, you could use ___ like those pictured here.

• pipettes

• slides

• tweezers

• gloves

What is the name for the long, slender vessels like the ones pictured here that are used for measuring the volumes of liquids?

• test tubes

• beakers

• pipettes

• graduated cylinders

A ___ allows you to measure the mass of an object (usually in grams).

• triple beam balance

• stopwatch

• microscope

• spring scale

A ___ allows you to see small objects better (but not as well as with a microscope).

• hand lens

• tweezers

• balance

• ruler

This equipment is used to add small amounts of liquids

• funnel

• graduated cylinder

• slide

• pipette

These containers are useful with liquids. They do not give an exact measurement.

• test tubes

• graduated cylinder

• beaker

• pipette