SCIENCE TOOLS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS
TOOLS FUNCTIONS
1. Ammeter Electric current
2. Anemometer Speed of wind
3. Aneroid Barometer Atmospheric pressure
4. Axe Cutting down trees
5. Balance Mass
(Beam/Chemical/Electronic/Top
Pan)
6. Barometer Barometer is used to measure atmospheric pressure
7. Beaker For holding liquids
8. Beehive To support gas jar for collecting gases
9. Buchner Funnel For filtering liquids under pressure
10. Bulldozer Clearing debris and leveling the ground
11. Bunsen Burner For heating substances in the laboratory
12. Burette Measuring known volume of liquids
13. Centrifuge For quickening the settling down (sedimentation) of precipitates and
residues
14. Chainsaw Felling timber in the forest
15. Combine Harvester Harvesting crops
16. Conical Flask For containing chemical solution for experiment
17. Crucible And Lid For heating a small amount of solid substance at a very high
temperature
18. Cutlass Used for weeding
19. Cutting Machines Cutting materials
20. Desiccators Drying substance
21. Distillation Flask Carrying out simple distillation
22. Dropping Or Teat Pipette Releasing reagents or chemical solution in drops
23. Evaporating Dish For separating solids from liquids in solution by heating
24. Excavators Digging through ground
25. Filter Paper Separating solids from solution
26. Fire tongs Holding hot objects
27. Flat bottomed flask Carrying out reactions
28. Forceps Holding objects
29. Forklift Lifting heavy objects
30. Fractioning column Fractional distillation
31. Fume Chamber The separation of toxic gases or for getting rid of poisonous gases
32. Funnel Assists in pouring or transferring liquids or solutions from one
container to another
33. Gas Jar For collecting gases
34. Gas Or Liquid Syringe For collecting and measuring volumes of gases and liquids
35. Generators Providing electricity
36. Glass stirring rod Ensuring thorough mixing of solutions
37. Grader Lifting and carrying gravel, stone, sand and other construction
materials
38. Grinding Machine For grinding
39. Hammer For fitting parts and breaking apart objects
40. Hand Trowel Used to make holes for planting seedlings
41. Harvester Harvesting crops
42. Hoe Used for making mounds
43. Hydrometer Density of liquids
44. Leaver Balance For measuring the mass of an objects
45. Liebig’s condenser Condensing vapor during distillation
46. Light Meter Light meter is used to measure the intensity of light
47. Loaders Loading chippings or gravels into trucks
48. Lopper For pruning/ trimming
49. Measuring Cylinder, Burette Or Volume of liquids
Pipette
50. Metal Chisel For cutting metals
51. Metre Rule, Tape-Measure Or Lengths
Ruler
52. Milling Machines Milling materials
53. Mortar and pestle Crushing and grinding solid substances
54. Mower Mowing down grasses
55. Opisometer Curved lines
56. pH Meter For measuring acidity of solutions
57. Photometer Luminous intensity
58. Pickaxe Used for digging the soil
59. Pipe Clay Triangle For supporting crucibles during heating on Bunsen Burner
60. Pliers For cutting, bending and pulling thin wires
61. Plough Clearing bushes on a farm
62. Rain Gauge Used to measure rainfall within 24 hours
63. Rake Used for gathering and removing leaves, and stones on the farm
64. Reagent Bottle For storing prepared solutions or reagents
65. Retort stand and clamp Holding objects in firm position
66. Scraper Leveling and contouring land, as in road construction
67. Screw Driver For tightening/loosening screws
68. Separating Funnel For separating liquids that do not mix
69. Sewing Machines sewing
70. Spanner/Wrench For tightening/loosening bolts and nuts
71. Spatula For fetching powdered or crystalline compounds from their container
72. Speedometer Speed of moving objects e.g. speed of a car
73. Spherometer Radius or curvature of spherical surfaces
74. Stirring Rod Or Glass Rod For stirring solutions
75. Stop – Clocks And Watches Time
76. Sunshine Recorder The amounts of sunshine and indicates the direction and intensity of
sunshine each day
77. Surveyors Tape For measuring length
78. Test Tube For holding small volumes of solution
79. Test tube brush Cleaning test tubes, flasks, bottles, etc.
80. Test Tube Holder For holding test tubes containing solutions for heating
81. Test Tube Rack For holding and supporting test tubes when solutions are placed in it
82. Tester For determining electrical current
83. Thermometer Temperature
84. Thistle Funnel For pouring acids and other liquids for experiment
85. Tongs Or Fire Tongs For gripping and lifting objects for heating
86. Tractor Pulling a trailer with foods, ploughing, towing farm implements
87. Tripod Stand Placed over Bunsen burner to support substances to be heated
88. Vernier Calipers Smaller distances such as the diameter of a rod, internal diameter of a
tube and thickness of a paper
89. Voltmeter Electric potential
90. Volumetric Flask For preparing standard solution
91. Wash Bottle For squirting distilled water to rinse chemicals
92. Wash bottle For rinsing and topping main volumes in vessels
93. Washing Machines Washing
94. Watch glass Holding small quantities of substances to be dried or viewed
95. Water bath Ensuring gradual heat supply
96. Water Trough O Trough For collecting and storing water
97. Watering Can Used to sprinkle water on crops
98. Weather Balloon Measure weather condition high up in the atmosphere
99. Weighing Scales Or Spring Balance Weight
100. Welding Machine For permanently joining metals parts together
101. Wet And Dry Bulb Hygrometer Used to measure the humidity or water vapor of the atmosphere
102. Wheel Barrow Used for carrying loads from one point to another
103. Wind Vane Measure the direction of the wind
104. Wire Gauze Placed on tripod stand to reduce direct heating of substances.
It also used to provide uniform heating
