2. What is a Bunsen
burner used for?
• A Bunsen burner is used to
heat substances for
experiments and scientific
studies. A Bunsen burner
can also sterilize things as it
can reach temperatures of
around 1500 degrees.
3. How is a Bunsen
burner used?
• A Bunsen burner
uses a flame
(usually methane)
in a laboratories to
carry out scientific
experiments.
4. What is a beaker used
for?
• A beaker is used to hold
and pour liquids. They can
also be used to heat liquids
and mix chemicals, and
other things together.
5. How is a beaker used?
• A beaker is used by
putting liquids and
chemicals into it and
mixing them together for
experiments and to pour
things out.
6. What is a Florence flask
used for?
• A florence flask or the
boiling flask is used
as a cup to hold and
store different kinds
of liquids.
7. How is a Florence flask
used?
• Because of the flasks
round bottom you can
use it to easily swirl
liquids for mixing and
by using the flask over
a flame the heat gets
evenly distributed over
the bottom for heating
or distilling liquids.
8. What is a petri dish
used for?
• A petri dish is a shallow
cylindrical dish used in
laboratories to allow
bacteria to grow.
9. How is a petri dish
used?
• A petri dish is used by
biologist by keeping
the bacteria.
10. What is a pipette used
for?
• A pipette is a chemical
dropper to measure and
move fixed measurements
of chemicals.
11. How is a pipette used?
• A pipette is used by
chemist to adjust the
volume of liquid
transferred.
12. What is a test tube
used for?
• A test tube is a thin glass
used to store, hold, mix or
heat small measurements
of different chemicals.
13. How is a test tube
used?
• A test tube is used by chemist
in a laboratory by holding
various chemicals and a
carrying out experiments.
