Pre-Lab Safety
This piece of lab equipment is used to accurately measure volumes of liquids during a lab.
What is a graduated cylinder?
This piece of lab equipment is used to react solutions, especially those requiring swirling.
What is a Erlenmeyer Flask?
The point where the volume of water in a narrow tube should be measured from.
What is the bottom of the meniscus?
This item must be worn to protect our clothes when using strong chemicals
What is a lab coat?
Student C is wearing goggles and an apron while reaching across a hot plate to unplug it.
What is bad behavior? (reaching across the burner)
This piece of equipment is used to transfer liquid to a narrow container.
What is a funnel?
A device used to measure voltage.
What is a voltmeter?
These are important to wear to protect our eyes during all labs.
What are safety goggles?
This piece of safety equipment is used when debris or chemicals get in your eyes.
What is an eyewash station?
Student D is wearing goggles and gloves while picking up broken glass from a beaker that was dropped on the floor.
What is bad behavior? (Tell the teacher!)
This piece of equipment is used to hold other equipment upright.
What is a retort stand?
A device used to measure one volume very accurately.
What is a volumetric flask?
Some hair products have this chemical property that can be dangerous during a lab with an open flame.
What is flammability?
Student E thinks it would be interesting to see what happens if they put their eraser in the acid they are using for an experiment.
What is bad behavior? (Only complete experiments approved by your teacher)
This piece of lab equipment is used to observe mix and observe small quantities of chemicals.
What is a test tube?
The button on an electronic balance used to set the current mass to zero.
What is the tare button.