2. Contents
Page 1: The Buncen burner?
Page 2:What is a beaker?
Page 3: What is a Florence
flask?
Page 4: What is a Petri Dish?
Page 5: What is a Pipette?
Page 6: What is a Test Tube?
3. Th Bunsen Burner
My definition: A bunsen
burner is used to heat up
chemicals in a safe manner.
Definition: The device safely
burns a continuous stream of a
flammable gas such as natural
gas or a liquified petroleum
gas such as propane, butane, or
a mixture of both.
4. The beaker
My definition: A
beaker is used to
measure volume, as
well as hold and pour
liquids.
Definition: A beaker is
used to hold and heat.
Multipurpose
5. The Florence Flask
My definition: A Florence
flask also known as a
boiling flask is a type of
flask used as an item of
scientific glassware.
Definition: The Florence
flask is used to heat
substances that need to
be heated evenly.
6. The Petri Dish
My definition: A Petri dish or
cell culture dish is a shallow
glass or plastic cylindrical
lidded dish that biologists
use to culture cells or small
moss plants.
Definition: A Petri dish is a
shallow glass or plastic
cylindrical dish that
biologists use to culture cells,
which can be bacteria,
animal, plant, or fungus.
7. The Pipette
My definition: A pipette is a
slender pipe or tube which is used
to take small amounts of liquids
which are taken to allow a chemist
to remove, transfer, or measure a
substance.
Definition: A pipette (also called a
pipet is a laboratory tool used to
transport a measured volume of
liquid
8. The Test Tube
My definition: The Test tube is
used to hold chemicals.
Definition: A test tube, also
known as a culture tube or sample
tube, is a common piece of
laboratory glassware consisting of
a finger-like length of glass or
clear plastic tubing, open at the
top, usually with a rounded U-
shaped bottom.
