LABORATORY EQUIPMENT

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LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
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• ERLENMEYER FLASK
• IS USED TO MIX (SWIRL) CHEMICALS
• FLORENCE FLASK
• IS USED TO BOIL LIQUIDS

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• TONGS
• ARE USED TO HOLD A FLASK WHILE HEATING
• TEST TUBE HOLDER
• IS USED TO HOLD TEST TUBES WHILE HEATING

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• RING STAND
• IS USED TO HOLD GLASSWARE WHILE HEATING
• ASBESTOS PAD
• HOLDS GLASSWARE ABOVE THE BUNSEN BURNER

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• CRUCIBLE
• IS USED TO HEAT AND MELT SOLIDS
• TRIANGLE
• IS USED TO HOLD CRUCIBLES WHILE HEATING

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SPATULA

• IS USED TO SPOON CHEMICALS INTO TEST TUBES
• STIRRING ROD
• IS USED TO MIX CHEMICALS IN A TEST TUBE

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• BEAKER
• IS USED TO MEASURE AND POUR LARGE AMOUNTS OF
  LIQUID
• BUNSEN BURNER
• IS USED AS A HEAT SOURCE

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• COVER SLIP
• PROTECTS SPECIMEN ON SLIDE
• DISSECTING PIN
• HOLDS SPECIMEN IN PLACE

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• DISSECTING SCISSORS
• CUTS OPEN SPECIMEN
• DISSECTING TRAY
• HOLDS SPECIMEN WHILE CUTTING

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• MEDICINE DROPPER
• IS USED TO ADD SMALL AMOUNTS OF LIQUID
• FORCEPS
• IS USED TO PICK UP SMALL ITEMS

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• FUNNEL
• IS USED TO POUR LIQUIDS THROUGH SMALL OPENING
• GRADUATED CYLINDER
• IS USED TO MEASURE AND POUR SMALL AMOUNTS OF
  LIQUID ACCURATELY

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• HAND LENS
• IS USED TO ENLARGE THE IMAGE OF A SPECIMEN
• MICROSCOPE
• USED TO VIEW MICROORGANISMS

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• GLASS SLIDE
• IS USED TO HOLD SPECIMENS UNDER A MICROSCOPE
• PETRI DISH
• IS USED TO GROW BACTERIA

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• PIPETTE
• IS USED TO TRANSFER SMALL AMOUNTS OF LIQUID
• THUMB WHEEL PUMP
• USED TO SIPHON LIQUID INTO PIPETTE

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• PROBE
• IS USED TO POINT AT SMALL ORGANS
• METRIC RULER
• IS USED TO MEASURE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN 2 POINTS

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• SAFETY GOGGLES
• IS USED TO PROTECT EYES DURING EXPERIMENTS
• SCALPEL
• IS USED TO CUT OPEN SPECIMENS

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• TEST TUBE
• IS USED TO HOLD CHEMICALS
• TEST TUBE RACK
• IS USED TO HOLD TEST TUBES UPRIGHT

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• THERMOMETER
• IS USED TO MEASURE HEAT
• TRIPLE-BEAM BALANCE
• IS USED TO MEASURE MASS