Science HW

A Beaker is a simple container for stirring, mixing and heating liquids commonly
used in many laboratories. Beakers are generally cylindrical in shape, with a flat
bottom. Most also have a small spout (or "beak") to aid pouring as shown in the
picture.
An Erlenmeyer flask or conical flask[ is a type of laboratory flask which
features a flat bottom, a conical body, and a cylindrical neck.
A Pestle and mortar is a device used since ancient times to prepare
ingredients or substances by crushing and grinding them into a fine paste or
powder. The substance to be ground is placed in the mortar and ground, crushed
or mixed using the pestle.
A test tube, also known as a culture tube or sample tube, is a common piece
of laboratory glassware consisting of a finger-like length of glass or clear plastic
tubing, open at the top, usually with a rounded U-shaped bottom.
A microscope (from the Ancient Greek: , mikrs, "small" and ,
skopen, "to look" or "see") is an instrument used to see objects that are too
small for the naked eye. The science of investigating small objects using such an
instrument is called microscopy. Microscopic means invisible to the eye unless
aided by a microscope.

A tripod is a portable three-legged frame, used as a platform for supporting the weight and
maintaining the stability of some other object. A tripod provides stability against downward
forces and horizontal forces and movements about horizontal axes. The positioning of the
three legs away from the vertical centre allows the tripod better leverage for resisting lateral
forces.
A graduated cylinder, measuring cylinder or mixing cylinder is a common
piece of laboratory equipment used to measure the volume of a liquid. It has a
narrow cylindrical shape. Each marked line on the graduated cylinder represents
the amount of liquid that has been measured.

The triple beam balance is used to measure masses very precisely; the reading error is 0.05
gram. With the pan empty, move the three sliders on the three beams to their leftmost
positions, so that the balance reads zero. If the indicator on the far right is not aligned with
the fixed mark, then calibrate the balance by turning the set screw on the left under the pan.
A Glass rod, stirring rod or stir rod is a piece of laboratory equipment used to
mix chemicals and liquids for laboratory purposes. They are usually made of solid
glass, about the thickness and slightly longer than a drinking straw, with rounded
ends. Like most laboratory glass, stir rods are made of borosilicate (commonly
known as pyrex).
A funnel is a pipe with a wide, often conical mouth and a narrow stem. It is used
to channel liquid or fine-grained substances into containers with a small opening.
Without a funnel, spillage would occur.

A magnifying glass (called a hand lens in laboratory contexts) is a convex

lens that is used to produce a magnified image of an object. The lens is usually
mounted in a frame with a handle (see image).
A Petri dish (sometimes spelled "Petrie dish" and alternatively known as a
Petri plate or cell-culture dish), named after the German bacteriologist Julius
Richard Petri,[1] is a shallow cylindrical glass or plastic lidded dish that biologists
use to culture cells[2] such as bacteria or small mosses.[3]
Tongs are a tool used to grip and lift objects, of which there are many forms
adapted to their specific use.

The definition of wire gauze is a type of very fine, woven wire that looks like netting.
An example of wire gauze is what may be used to support a beaker during heating in a
science experiment.
A spatula is "a small implement with a broad, flat, flexible blade used to mix,
spread and lift material"[1] including foods, drugs, plaster and paints. It derives
from the Latin word for a flat piece of wood or splint (a diminutive form of the
Latin spatha, meaning broadsword), and hence can also refer to a tongue
depressor. The words spade (digging tool) and spathe are similarly derived. The
word spatula is known to have been used in English since 1525.
a short glass tube fitted with a rubber bulb and used to measure liquids by drops
called also eyedropper, medicine dropper
A Bunsen burner, named after Robert Bunsen, is a common piece of
laboratory equipment that produces a single open gas flame, which is used for
heating, sterilization, and combustion. The gas can be natural gas (which is
mainly methane) or a liquefied petroleum gas.