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Term 2 Week 2 - Week 3
Test TubeA test tube, also
known as a culture tube or sample tube, is a common piece
of laboratory equipment and is
about the size of a finger
Beaker
A beaker is a simple container for stirring, mixing and heating
liquids. Beakers are in the shape of cylinders with flat bottoms. Most also have a small spout
(or "beak") to aid pouring as shown in the
picture.
Petri Dish
A Petri dish (or Petri plate or cell culture dish) is a shallow glass lidded dish
that biologists use to culture cells or
small moss plants. It was named after
German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri, who invented it when working as an
assistant.
Florence flask A Florence flask (also
known as a boiling flask) is used as a container to hold liquids. A Florence flask has
a round bottom with a single long neck. Its
designed for heating and ease of swirling. They are often made of borosilicate glass to prevent cracks.
PipetteA pipette (also called a pipet,
pipettor or chemical dropper) is a laboratory tool used to transport a
measured volume of liquid
Bunsen burnerA Bunsen burner, named after Robert Bunsen, is a common piece of laboratory equipment that produces a single open gas flame, which is used for heating.
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