Laboratory Equipment
You use it to look at very small organisms or cells.
a microscope
This tool is used to cut materials such as paper, tape, or even biological samples.
scissors
The action of carefully (= avec attention) watching and noting phenomena.
observation
The name of the scientist of this field (il faut bien prononcer)
a chemist
What should you always wear to protect your hands?
safety gloves
It is a small container used to heat, mix, or store liquids.
a test tube
It is a laboratory tool used to measure and transfer small amounts of liquid precisely.
a pipette
A room where scientists work and study things using special equipment
A lab / a laboratory
The smallest unit of a chemical element.
an atom
What should you always wear to protect your eyes?
safety goggles
It is used to measure the volume of a liquid accurately.
a graduated cylinder
You use this tool to pick up or hold small objects that you cannot touch with your hands.
tweezers
The process (= action) of carrying out (= making) a test to check a hypothesis.
Experiment
Who created the first periodic table?
Mendeleev
What should you never do while working with chemicals?
drinking /eating
It is a tool used to hold test tubes or flasks firmly in place, usually attached to a stand.
Clamps
a beaker
You throw away or dispose of this material as you no longer need it after a scientific process.
Waste / wastes
The measure of how acidic or basic a solution is.
pH
If you spill a chemical, what should you immediately do?
What is inform the teacher / supervisor?
This piece of equipment heats substances using a gas flame.
a Bunsen burner
This shallow, round dish is used to grow bacteria or observe cell cultures.
a Petri dish
The process by which a liquid turns into gas at its boiling point.
vaporisation / boiling
A mixture in which one substance is dissolved in another.
A solution
Why should you do with your hair during experiments?
To tie it back