Lab Equipment

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Lab Equipment Metric Measurements
Centimeters
Milliliters
Kilograms
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Lab Equipment

• Volume-Beaker, Erlenmeyer Flask, Graduated
  Cylinder, Pipettes, Eye Droppers, Test Tubes
• Mass-Triple Beam Balance
• Length-Meter Stick, Metric Ruler
• Temperature-Thermometer
• Time-Stopwatch, Timer, Watch
• Misc-Heating Set-up/use-Bunsen Burner, Wire gauze
  squares, Ring Stand, Ring, beaker tongs, glass
  stirring rods
• Misc-Test tube setup/use-Test tube rack, test
  tube clamp, Test tube tongs, Test tube brush
• Microscope equipment-Microscope, foreceps, glass
  slides, coverslips (plastic/glass), lens paper

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Types of Measurements Equipment used
Type of measurement Equipment Used Metric Units
Length Meter Stick/Ruler meters (m),centimeters (cm) millimeters (mm)
Volume Graduated Cylinder Milliliters (mL), Liters(L)
Mass Triple beam balance Grams (g), Centigrams (cg), Milligrams (mg)
Time Timer/Stopwatch Seconds (s)
Temperature Thermometer Celsius (C), Kelvin (K)
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Units of Measurement-Metric vs Standard

• Measuring in the International System
• Standard system of measurement aka English system
  (i.e inches, pounds, Fahrenheit,etc.)
• Scientists around the world use the International
  System of Measurements (SI units)
• Advantages of SI units
• Few basic units
• Nearly all measurements can be expressed in these
  units or combos of these units
• Decimal system that uses a prefix system (King
  Henry Did Drink Chocolate Milk)

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Measurement Prefixes Math