Science Tools
This tool is used to protect your eyes from harmful chemicals.
Meter stick
What is to measure distance?
This sticky substance if NOT allowed in Mrs. Kahler's classroom.
What is GUM
This term means "an educated guess."
What is hypothesis?
This is the planet that is the hottest.
What is Venus?
This hand tool is used to make objects bigger and easier to see.
What is a magnifying glass?
Graduated cylinder
What is to measure the volume of something?
What is up in the front corner of the room?
This term tells where an earthquake happens on the surface of the earth.
What is epicenter?
The name of the planet with the big red spot which is actually a large storm.
What is Jupiter?
This tool is used to determine the mass of an object.
What is a triple beam balance?
Test Tube Rack
What is to carry glass test tubes carefully?
This describes how test tubes should be carried in and around the classroom.
Carefully in a test tube rack or test tube holder.
This is the name of the aquifer under Kansas where the water we drink comes from. (It was a FUNNY name)
What is the Ogallala aquifer?
This planet could be used as a possible future home should Earth ever become too populated?
What is Mars?
This tool is used to determine the proper pitch (sound) or note.
What is a tuning fork?
Spring Scale
True or false: It is ok to run through the laboratory if you are not doing a lab.
What is false?
This is the name of the last large supercontinent when all the continents were joined together.
What is Pangea?
This planet is no longer considered a planet, but is now thought of as a dwarf planet.
What is Pluto?
This pair of tools is used to grind materials into smaller pieces.
What is a mortar and pestle?
Beaker
What is to hold liquids and mixtures?
When is it ok to eat in the science lab?
What is ONLY when the teacher says it is ok, or provides the food?
This is the name of the scientist who first described plate tectonics and how the continents formed and move.
Who is Alfred Weggoner?
This hypothetical planet is located beyond Neptune, and is supposed to be able to explain some orbital patterns found in asteroids and other objects in the Kuiper belt.
What is Planet X