Test tube holders, tongs - for holding test tubes, beakers etc.

which should not or can not be

touched.
Test tubes - for holding small samples or for containing small scale reactions.
Test tube stands - for keeping/standing a few test tubes
Droppers - for addition of a very small amount of liquid, drop by drop.
Burettes - for addition of a precise volume of a liquid.
Pipettes - to dispense small and precise amount of liquid samples.
Bunsen burners, hot plates, hot water baths - as heat source
Beakers, Erlenmeyer flasks - to contain reactions or to hold liquid samples.
Watch glasses - as a cover for beakers, or as an evaporating dish.
Funnels - for funneling or for filtering.
Graduated cylinders - to measure an amount of liquid.
Volumetric flasks - to make precise dilutions.
Wash bottles - for dispensing small quantities of distilld water.
Wire gauges, Clay triangles - to support a container while heating.
Clamp stands - to support an equipment/part of it which is otherwise unstable.
Balances - to measure the mass of a reagent or product
Kipp's apparatus - to produce a reagent gas (e.g. H2S) in a controlled manner.
Spectrophotometers - to measure the absorbance and transmittance of a liquid sample.
Fume hoods - to ventilate harmful gases.
Desiccators - to preserve a substance in a moisture free environment.

QUESTIONS:

1. Used to pick up and hold small items, crucibles, and covers?

crucible tongs
funnel
test tube brush
gauze
2. Used to grind crystals and lumpy chemicals to a powder?
crucible and cover
watch glass
test tube rack
mortar and pestle
3. Used for filtration of liquids?
Funnel
crucible tongs
flint striker
goggles
4. Used to heat small amounts of solid at high temperatures?
mortar and pestle
evaporating dish
crucible and cover
clamp
5. Used to dissole materials and in filtrations?
florence flask
wash bottle
funnel
erlenmeyer flask
6. Supports a buret or test tube?
watch glass
Clamp
ringstand
beaker
7. Used in making and storing solutions?
erlenmeyer flask
florence flask
wire gauze
bottle

wire

ring

wash

1. Goggles are worn during science experiments A) to improve vision

B) any time chemicals, heat, or sediments
are used to protect your eyes
C) to avoid eye strain
D) only if you don't have glasses
2. If you don't understand the directions or part of a lab procedure, you should A) figure it out as you do the lab
B) ask the teacher before you start
C) try several methods until something works
D) skip it and go to the next part
3. After completing an experiment, all material waste should be A) dumped into the sink
B) taken home
C) disposed of according to your teacher's directions
D) left at your table for the next
class
4. You have been injured in the the lab (cut, burned, etc.) First you should A) visit the school nurse after class
B) apply first aid yourself
C) tell the teacher at once
D) see a doctor after school
5. When getting glassware and equipment for an experiment, you should A) All of these
B) examine all glassware to check for chips or cracks
C) read all directions carefully to know what equipment is needed
D) clean any glassware
that looks dirty
6. The following shoes are BEST to wear when doing science labs.
A) sandals
B) closed-toed shoes
D) open-toed shoes
7. Horseplay or practical joking in the lab are A) not dangerous
B) okay
D) always against the rules

C) slippers

C) okay if you are working alone

8. If a piece of equipment is not working you should tell -

A) your teacher
D) your best friend in class

B) your lab partners

C) the custodian

9. Any spill on the floor can cause an accident. Always clean it up A) at the end of the day
B) when you have time
D) at once
10. The correct way to move around the science classroom is to A) run
B) walk
D) hurry
11. Cleaning up the science classroom is the job of A) new students
B) the teacher
D) each student
12. Lab aprons are for A) wiping your hands
C) others to put away
13. When smelling a liquid you should A) waft the odor toward you
D) inhale deeply

C) during clean up time

C) skip

C) old students

B) when you are wearing your best clothes

D) the protection of you and your clothing
B) pour it on the table

C) use a fan

14. The most important thing during lab experiments is A) neatness

B) finishing first
C) getting the correct answer
D) safety
15. Which of the following is considered safety equipment
A) fire extinguisher
B) classroom door
D) fire blanket

C) all of these

16. When you finish working with lab equipment you should always A) wash your hands with soap and water
B) wipe your hands with a
paper towel
C) treat your hands with skin lotion
D) wipe your hands on your
clothes
17. You are doing an experiment in class. Suddenly you remember you have a stick of gum in
your book. What shoud you do?
A) chew the gum when the teacher isn't looking
B) give the gum to your best
friend
C) wash your hands, then put the gum in your mouth
D) Don't chew the gum, it is
not allowed at school.
18. You picked up a dirty test tube with a sticky substance on the outside. You get some of this
substance on your hand. What is the first thing you should do?
A) try to figure out what the sticky substance is
B) Wash your hands and tell
the teacher
C) wipe your hands on your pants
D) wipe your hands on a
classmate
19. You are working on a lab involving heat. Your lab partner accidently drops a glass beaker and
it shatters causing a piece of glass to go into their eye. They should have been wearing A) safety glasses
B) sun glasses
C) a lab coat
D) gloves

20. You are doing a lab with your best girl friend when all of a sudden her hair gets caught on the
balance scale. She should have A) worn a hat today
B) skipped the lab
C) put her hair up in a rubber band
D)
gotten a hair cut before class today
"If a rabbit, a cat, and a dog are placed in the same maze, then the dogwill find its
way out first."
What is the independent variable in this hypothesis?
A. The maze
B. how long it takes each animal to finish the maze
C. the type of animal
D. the number of trials completed
If you eat three chocolate chip cookies before a test, then you will get all of the questions
correct.
Which part of the hypothesis above is the dependent variable?
A. Which type of cookies you eat
B. How many questions you answer correctly
C. The subject of the test
D. How many cookies you eat

What is the volume of water in this graduated cylinder?

A.
B.
C.
D.

28 mL
24 mL
34 mL
30 mL

A series of steps followed to solve a problem is

The Scientific Method
The Order of Science
The Scientific Practices
When a scientist shares her results with other scientists she is
Experimenting
communicating results
doing research

How to Investigate

analyzing results

If you are performing an experiment to see how much salt must be added to water to make an
egg float, you
should do many ____ to make sure your results are correct.
A. conclusions
B. dependent variables
C. trials
D. inferences
What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sounds that a whale makes?
making a hypothesis
drawing conclusions
making observations
interpreting data
Tyler predicts that if seeds are heated for ten seconds in the microwave before planting them,
then they will sprout faster. How long it takes the seeds to sprout is the ____ in this scientific
investigation.
qualitative data
independent variable
dependent variable
control variable (constant)