Lab Equipment Quiz (Biology)

Level of Hazard

“Stop Sign” - Dangerous

“Diamond” - Warning

“Upside down triangle” - Caution

Hazardous Household Product Symbols (HHPS)

Dangerously Corrosive - Eats or wears away other materials.

Caution Explosive - Explodes or gives off deadly vapors.

Warning Flammable - Will catch fire if this product or its fumes are near heat, flames, or sparks.

Dangerously Poisonous - May cause sickness or death if swallowed.

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)

Exploding bomb - explosions or reactive hazards

Flame - fire hazards

Flame over circle - indicates oxidizing gases, liquids, and solids.

Gas cylinder - gases under pressure

Corrosion - damages metal and irritates the skin and eyes.

Skull and Crossbones - can cause death or toxicity with short exposure to small amounts.

Health hazard - causes serious health effects.

Exclamation Mark - causes less serious health effects.

Environment - causes damage to the aquatic environment.

Biohazardous Infectious Materials - toxins that can cause diseases in people or animals.

Lab Equipment 

Beaker Tongs - used to handle beakers containing hot liquids

Beakers - Wide cylindrical glass container 

Boiling Flask/Florence Flask - a round body and long neck.

Bunsen Burner - consists of a gas inlet, burner tube, and gas control.

Crucible Tongs - used to handle hot crucibles or other hot objects.

Dropper - used to transfer a small amount of liquid.

Erlenmeyer Flask - triangular shaped glass container

Evaporating Dish - used to evaporate excess liquid from a solid.

File - used to cut glass tubing

Tweezers - used to pick up small objects

Graduated Cylinder - used to accurately measure volumes of liquid.

Iron Ring - connects to ring stand. provides an elevated platform for the reaction vessels.

Pipet - measure or transfer small quantities of liquid.

Ring Stand - stand that provides a convenient way to perform reactions that require heating using the bunsen burner.

Scoopula - help dispense solid chemicals from their containers.

Spot plate - perform many small scale reactions at one time

Test Tubes - glass finger-length containers

Test Tube Holder - Rectangular holders and pin like end.

Utility Clamp - used to secure test tubes.

Wash Bottle - delivers wash solution

Wire Gauze - sits on the iron ring to provide the beaker a place to stand and spread the heat uniformly on the bottom of it.