Name:________________________________________________________________ Pd:_____ Date:__________________

Lab Equipment Identification Worksheet

Part I: Description of Lab Equipment
You will need to know the purpose for the different lab equipment, we may use throughout the school year. Read the name, and function for
each piece of equipment, then draw, the picture of that piece of lab equipment in the box. You may use your learning device to look up
images of the ones you do not know.

Name

Bunsen burner

Evaporating dish

Beaker

Ring stand

Function
Lab equipment which
produces a single
open gas flame, which
is used for heating,
sterilization, and
combustion
Device used to
evaporate solids and
supersaturated
liquids
Probably the most
common vessel for
holding liquids in the
lab. Is used as a
reaction chamber.
THIS IS NOT A
DEVICE FOR
MEASURING
LIQUIDS.
Used in many lab
activities as the
support for another
apparatus.

Picture

Name

Function

Pipestem Clay
triangle

Can be placed on an
iron ring to provide a
stage for a crucible

Test tubes

Used for many

activities which
requires multiple
reagents or solutions

Utility clamp

May be attached to a
ring stand and be
made to hold a test
tube or thermometer

Iron ring

Often attached to
ring stand to use as
support for a beaker

Picture

Funnel

May be placed in an
iron ring. Used for
filtration or the
delivery of liquids.

Wire gauze

Often placed over

the iron ring, to
provide a stage for
a beaker

Watch glass

Used in chemistry as
a surface to
evaporate a liquid, or
as a cover for a
beaker

Erlenmeyer flask

May be used to hold

liquids instead of
beakers, when a
smaller opening is
preferred.

Rubber stoppers &

Corks

Used to contain
liquids in test tubes
and flasks

Tongs

Used to handle hot

beakers and other
glassware

Glass stirring rode

To mix or stir
substances. Made of
glass to resist heat,
stains, and corrosion.

Mortar & pestle

tool used to crush,

grind, and mix solid
substances

Safety goggles

MUST be worn for

ALL lab activities to
protect the eyes,
when glass, heat, and
chemicals are used.

Pipets, Micropipets &

Droppers

Wash bottle

A pipette (also called

a pipet, pipettor or
chemical dropper) is
a laboratory
instrument used to
transport a liquid, of
one type to the
reaction chamber.
A squeeze bottle
with a nozzle, used to
rinse various pieces
of laboratory
glassware, such as
test tubes and round

Graduated cylinder

Used for measuring

and pouring liquids;
NOT for heating or
mixing substances.

bottom flasks.

Test Tube Brush

(wire brush)

This is a small brush

used to clean the
inside of test tubes.
Remember not to
ever force anything
inside a test tube.

Well plate

is a flat plate with

multiple "wells" used
as small test tubes

Spatula & Scoopula

A spatula is used to
take and handle small
quantities of solid
chemicals. It serves
as a spoon.

Crucible & cover

Container which can

withstand high
temperature and is
used for metal, glass,
and pigment
production

Striker

Used for creating a

spark, in order, to
light a Bunsen
burner.

Test-tube rack

Used to hold test

tubes. Can be used
while waiting on
reactions to take
place.

Part II: Identify which piece or pieces of lab equipment you need for the following. You may use more than one piece of lab
equipment.
1)

Holding 50 mL of boiling water: ______

___________________________________

2)

Crushing large chunks of sodium chloride:___________________________________________

3)

Must be worn, ALWAYS, to protect your eyes from heat, glass, and chemicals:________________________

4)

Measuring exactly 43 mL of water: _______________________________________

5)

Holding a test tube over a flame:__________________________________

6)

Adding 10 drops of iodine to a solution:____________________________________

7)

Suspending glassware over a Bunsen burner:________________________________

8)

Cleaning the products of a chemical reaction out of test tube:__________________________

9)

Keeping the contents of a boiling beaker from splattering:_____________________

10)

Transferring a hot beaker from a hot plate to cool:___________________________

11)

Used to produce a flame during a chemistry lab:_______________________________

12)

Mixing many different solutions to compare pH:____________________________.

13-17) Diagram A shows a typical setup for boiling a liquid. In the boxes provided, name the five items used.

Diagram A: Boiling a Liquid

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