Lab Tools
Scientific Method and Safety
Measurement Tools
Physical Properties
Changes of State
100
Used to collect small specimans ( with parent or teacher permission)
What is a collecting net?
100
In the scientific method, the problem is always in the form of a
What is a question?
100
Used to measure temperature
What is a thermometer?
100
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
100
What are the three states of matter?
What is solid, liquid, and gas?
200
Used to observe objects you cannot see with your eyes or hand lens
What is a microscope?
200
This scientific method step involves making a prediction.
What is hypothesis?
200
Used to measure small amounts of liquid.
What is a graduated cylinder?
200
The characteristics of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing the substance into something else.
What is physical properties?
200
The process by which a liquid changes into a gas. An the reverse process by which a gas changes into a liquid.
What is evaporation and condensation?
300
Used to protect your eyes during a lab investigation
What are safety goggles?
300
This is the correct way to smell a chemical.
What is waving your hand gently towards your face to get a small amount of scent?
300
Used to measure weight or mass.
What is balanced scale?
300
Is the amount of matter in an object.
What is mass?
300
Changes in which no new substances are formed. Example- tearing a piece of paper. Playing with play dough.
What is physical properties?
400
Used to find direction
What is a compass?
400
Making inferences occurs during this step of the scientific method.
What is a conclusion?
400
Used for linear measurement of small objects, usually in mm or cm.
What is a ruler?
400
The amount of space that an object takes up and can be measured in several ways. Remember: this can be measured by liquid displacement
What is volume?
400
Changes in which- one or more new substances are formed. Example- buring wood, frying an egg.
What is chemical change?
500
Used to heat something up during a lab experiment only with teacher supervision
What is a hot plate or bunsen burner?
500
This is the first safety rule that you should follow in a lab.
What is wait for teacher instruction or directions?
500
Used to measure in grams. And how many numbers should you look for.
What is a triple beam scale. Three numbers.
500
The concentration of matter in an object. The formula to calculate this is mass divided by volume.
What is density?
500
This is a combination of two or more different kinds of matter, each keeping its own physical properties. Also, This is a when two or more substances are evenly mixed that you cannot see the individual substances.
What is mixture and solution?
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