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Commonly Used Lab Equipment

The document lists and describes common lab equipment used in science classrooms including microscopes, beakers, graduated cylinders, hot plates, test tubes, balances, thermometers, and safety goggles. It explains that microscopes are used to magnify objects, beakers and graduated cylinders are used to measure and hold liquids, hot plates are used to heat substances, and safety goggles are worn to protect the eyes during experiments.

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Commonly Used Lab Equipment

The document lists and describes common lab equipment used in science classrooms including microscopes, beakers, graduated cylinders, hot plates, test tubes, balances, thermometers, and safety goggles. It explains that microscopes are used to magnify objects, beakers and graduated cylinders are used to measure and hold liquids, hot plates are used to heat substances, and safety goggles are worn to protect the eyes during experiments.

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Name

Use

Compound
Microscope

Uses two
lenses to
make things
look larger.

Cover Slip

Used to
cover
specimens
on a
microscope
slide.

Glass Slide

Used to
place
specimens
on to
observe
under the
microscope.
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Magnifying
Uses one
Glass or
lens to
Hand Lens or
make things
Simple
Microscope look larger.

Hot Plate

An
electrical
device used
to heat
things up.

Graduated
Cylinders
(glass or
plastic)

Used to
measure
liquid
volume. A
very
accurate
tool.
Graduated
in mL.

Beaker
(glass or
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Used to
stir, heat
(if glass),
and
measure
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liquid
volume in
mL (rough
estimate).

Beaker
Tongs

Used to
handle hot
beakers.

Florence
Flask

Glassware
used to
heat and
store
substances.

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Erlenmeyer
Flask

Glassware
used to
heat and
store
substances.

Rubber
Stoppers

Used to
plug a flask
or testtube
for safe
keeping.

Test Tube

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Used to
mix, heat,
or store
substances.

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Test Tube
Rack

Used to
hold test
tubes.

Test Tube
Holder

Used to
hold a hot
test tube.

Test Tube
Brush

Used to
clean test
tubes.

Funnel

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Aids in
pouring
liquids into
small
openings
without
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spilling
them.

Petri Dish

Used to
hold
specimens
for
observation
and to grow
cultures.

Used to
measure
length in
the Metric
Meter Stick
System.
One meter
= 10 dm or
100 cm or
1000 mm.
Used to
measure
and
Eye Dropper
transfer
small
amounts of
liquids.
Used to
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Triple Beam
Balance

measure
mass in
grams.

Used to
measure
Thermometer temperature
in degrees
Celsius or
Fahrenheit.

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Safety
Goggles

To be worn
when told
to do so to
protect
your eyes.

Ring Clamp

Used to
clamp onto
a ring stand
to sit a
beaker or
flask.
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Test Tube
Clamp

Ring Stand

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Used to
clamp onto
ring stand
to hold test
tube.

A stand
used to
support a
ring clamp
or test
tube clamp.

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