SCIENCE REVIEWER – for containing, for

mixing, or for heating

chemicals.
Common Laboratory
Apparatuses and Their
Uses: Bunsen burner – It is a
source of both (yellow)
luminous and
Alcohol lamp – It is a nonluminous (blue)
source of luminous flames.
(yellow) flame used in
experiments.
Clay triangle – It is
made of a ceramic
Analytical balance – It is triangle with wires on
highly sensitive for each side of the
accurate measurement triangle.
of mass. It has draft
shield and a pan that
holds the substance to Crucible – it is a small
be weighed. ceramic or porcelain
dish with a cover.

Beaker – It has a spout

on it’s rim, which is Dropper – It is made of
used for pouring glass or plastic tube
substances. It is used with a rubber bulb.
 particles of mixtures
Erlenmeyer flask – It is with different sizes.
a conical flask with a
narrow neck. Picking – It is a simple
way of separating the
Evaporating dish – It is components of a
made of porcelain used mixture by using either
for heating solid your hands or tools
substances under high such as tongs.
temperature or used as
a container for liquids Using a magnet – Using
for evaporation. a magnet is an effective
a technique if one of the
Funnel – It is made of components has a
glass, stainless steel, or magnetic property.
plastic with a wide top
and a narrow bottom. Centrifugation – it is a
process used to certain
Methods of Separating solid components by
Mixtures: centrifugal force.

Chromatography – it is
Sieving – It is the
a process of separating
process of separating
components via the dissolved solid
partitioning between a particles.
mobile phase and a
stationary phase.
Filtration – It is a
process of separating
Decantation – It is a the insoluble particles
process of separating from a liquid using
the components by porous material such as
allowing the insoluble a filter paper.
substance to settle, Symbol of elements:
which allows you to
pour out the liquid. Iron – Fe
Nitrogen – N

Distillation – It s a Chlorine - Cl
process of separating Hydrogen – H
the components of Silver – Ag
homogeneous liquid
mixtures with different Oxygen – O
boiling points. Nickel – Ni
Evaporation – It is a Gold – Au
method used to Carbon – C
separate the liquid
Aluminum – Al
component by turning it
into a gas, leaving out Copper - Cu
Calcium – Ca fixed proportion by
Fluorine - F chemical means.
Metric - of or based on
the meter as a unit of Mixture – Is a
length; relating to the combination of two or
metric system. more substances by
physical means in
varying proportions.
Temperature – Refers
to the hotness or
coldness of an object. Solution – A
homogeneous mixture
that consists of a solute
Density – Is defined as
and a solvent.
the mass of an object
per unit volume. Acid - An acid is any
substance that in water
Element – Is the solution tastes sour
building block of matter Base - base, in
that cannot be chemistry, any
separated into simpler substance that in water
substances by physical solution is slippery to
or chemical means. the touch, tastes bitter,
changes the color of
Compound – Is a indicators.
combination of two or
more elements in a
Eye piece – Where the
observer looks through to Objectives – Lenses
see the magnified image
of a sample Inclination joint – Allows
the microscope to be
Draw tube/body tube – It tilted
supports the eyepiece and
connects it to the Stage – A small platform
revolving nosepiece where the glass slide is
mounted
Arm – It is a handle where
the user can carry the Stage clips – This is a pair
microscope from one of clips that secures the
place to another slide on the stage

Coarse adjustment knob – Diaphragm – It controls

This knob is used when the amount of light that
observing under the LPO will reach the sample

Fine adjustment knob – Mirror – It reflects the

This knob is used when light to the sample
observing under the HPO
Find meaning
tissue
Revolving nose piece – It
Organelle
hold the objectives
organ
organism
diatomite
Mycobacterium
aspergillus
chlorella
entamoeba histolytica