Mrs.

Keadle JH Science

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Laboratory Equipment Scavenger Hunt

Placed on tables around the room are the following pieces of lab equipment. Go around the room and
find each one. Next to the equipment, you will find a card with the name and use of each piece of
equipment. Complete the chart.

Picture name function

Lab Equipment 1
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Picture name function

Lab Equipment 2
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Picture name function

Lab Equipment 3
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Picture name function

Label the parts.

Lab Equipment 4
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safety goggles

lab coat
Lab Equipment 5
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To protect the eyes from

chemicals, fumes and
objects.

To protect the body and

clothing from corrosive
chemicals

Lab Equipment 6
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gloves

triple beam balance

Lab Equipment 7
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To protect the hands

from chemicals and
pathogens.

To mass objects

Lab Equipment 8
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microscope

microscope slides
Lab Equipment 9
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To view very small object

or to look at parts of an
object at a cellular level.

Used with the

microscope to fix a
specimen or object.

Lab Equipment 10
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slide cover slips

Bunsen burner
Lab Equipment 11
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Used with the

microscope slide to
prevent the object or
specimen from falling off
of the slide.

Used to heat chemicals,

glassware etc…

Lab Equipment 12
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ring stand

wire gauze
Lab Equipment 13
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Used with the Bunsen

burner to position an
object away from the
burner.

Used on the top of the

ring stand to hold the
object being heated.

Lab Equipment 14
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tongs

test tube clamp

Lab Equipment 15
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Used to pick up and carry

hot objects or containers
with corrosive chemicals

Used to hold test tubes

over a burner flame or to
hold hot tubes

Lab Equipment 16
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test tube

Erlenmeyer Flask
Lab Equipment 17
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Used to hold substances

for viewing, mixing or
testing

Used to measure, hold

and/or mix chemicals

Lab Equipment 18
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graduated cylinder

thermometer
Lab Equipment 19
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Used to measure the

volume liquids

Used to measure the

temperature of
substances

Lab Equipment 20
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beakers

test tube rack

Lab Equipment 21
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Used to measure, hold

and/or mix chemicals

Used to hold test tubes

Lab Equipment 22
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petri dish

pipette (eye dropper)

Lab Equipment 23
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Used to hold biological

substances or to grow
bacteria, fungi, mold
etc…

Used to transfer liquids

for mixing, viewing, or
testing

Lab Equipment 24
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Lab Equipment 25