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Laboratory equipment

Test tube
Funnel
- thin and made of glass
- Used to filter solutions
- Used to do experiments with chemicals
- to transfer liquids carefully
- cannot withstand heat

Boiling tube
- made with a boro-silicate glass Beaker
- resistant to high temperatures - To hold liquids
- used to do the experiments with
chemicals which involve heat

Graduated beaker Conical flask


- to measure and hold liquids - mixing and heating solutions
- short term storage of liquids

Measuring cylinder Burette


- to measure the liquids - to measure the liquids
more accurately

Meter ruler
Measuring cylinder
- to measure the lengths
- to measure the liquids
Syringe Forceps
- to grind materials - to pick fine substances

Mortar and pestle


- to grind materials

Top pan balance


- to measure the masses of
substances
Bunsen burner
- to heat the substances

Tripod and gauze Forcemeter


- to place vessels to heat - to measure the forces

Timer
- to measure the
Microscope Laboratory stand time
- to observe the - to hold test tubes and
microorganisms and cells boiling tubes during
experiments

Glass rod
Petridish
- to ix the solutions
- to stir the solutions - to culture microorganisms
- to store seeds for
Microscope slide and germination
cover slip
- to mount the specimen to
be observed through the
microscope

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