Lab Tools & Measurement

A balance is used to...

• Protect your eyes

• Hold test tubes upright

• Measure mass of a substance or object

• Precisely measure volumes of liquids

Water displacement is used to find

• the volume of an irregular solid

• the mass of an irregular solid

• the weight of a solid

• the volume of a liquid

A test tube is used to...

• Hold small samples of a substance

• Magnify objects

• A heating source

• Prepare cultures

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

How consistently you can get the same result with 2 or more measurements is

• Accuracy

• Matter

• Weight

• Precision

Volume is

• anything that has mass

• the amount of matter in an object

• the measure of the force of gravity on an object

• the amount of space something occupies

The volume of a regular is solid is found using

• a graduated cylinder

• length x width x height

• water displacement

• a balance

A _____________ is used to prepare cultures

• Forceps

• Beaker tongs

• Petri dish

• Watch glass

A disk shaped glassware which can be used to cover a beaker

• Beaker

• Watch glass

• Scoopula

• Thermometer

Anything that has mass and volume

• Matter

• Volume

• Density

• Weight

A hot plate is...

• Used to measure temperature

• Used to precisely measure volumes of liquids

• Used to protect your eyes

• An electrical heat source

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3