WORKSHEET – Lab Equipment
A number of items you will be using in the laboratory are shown below. Study this page and decide what the
items may be used for, then, match the correct equipment pictured on this page to the tasks asked for on the
other side of this paper.
Goggles
Graduated
cylinder
Lab Coat or
Apron
Tongs
Tweezers
Triple Beam
Balance
Lab Stand
Eye Wash and
Shower
Station
Funnel
Ring Clamp
Test Tube
Beaker
Fire Blanket
Fire
Extinguisher
Striker
Bunsen burner
Erlenmeyer flask
Eye Dropper
Object Name
Used For
1
Used to pick up or hold hot objects
2
Protects the eyes from flying objects or chemical splashes
3
A wide-mouthed container used to transport, heat or store substances
4
4
A small glass container used to view chemical reactions or to heat small
amounts of a substance
5
5
A device to measure the mass or “mass out” and object or substance.
6
6
Protects the scientist and the scientist’s clothes from hazardous or
hot chemicals
7
Used to dispense a very small amount of a liquid
8
Used to light a Bunsen burner
9
Attaches to a lab stand and used to hold a variety of lab equipment
10
Used to measure volume very precisely
11
Used to hold a variety of lab equipment
12
Used to pour liquids into containers with small openings or to hold filter
paper
13
Used to heat objects
14
A narrow-mouthed container used to transport, heat or store substances,
often used when a stopper is required
15
Used to put out flames
16
a large blanket-like piece of fire-resistant material used to put out small
fires or to wrap up a person who’s clothing caught on fire
17
If a harmful chemical goes into your eye or gets on your skin
18
used for any situation where you have to grab a small item and cannot
do it with your fingers.