DMS Lab Safety
Lab Safety Vocab for Davis Middle School
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- goggles
- an eye protector that is dispoable and can stop chemicals from hurting your eyes
- Petri Dish
- low, circular, transparent dish used to hold objects
- Stirring Rod
- A rod that you use to stir/mix chemicals
- Procedure
- Steps to follow to accomplish a task
- Ring Stand
- Ring shaped stand to hold items over a flame
- Test Tube Clamp
- Item used to hold test tubes when heating
- Triple Beam Balance
- a balance that uses 3 beams to measure the mass of an object
- Fire Extinguisher
- A cylindrycal can that when sprayed puts out fires
- calibrated
- to be able to measure somthing in some way
- Fire Blanket
- A blanket used to put out small fires
- Bunsen Burner
- A burner used to heat test tubes
- Test Tube Rack
- a rack used to hold test tubes for storgae, waiting for chemical reactions, and mixing chemicals
- Broken Glass Container
- Container that you can put broken glass in
- Meniscus
- The curved surface of liquid found at the top of the liquid column in a glass graduated cylinder
- Dropper
- Used to transfer small amounts of liquid
- Thermometer
- A glass tube used to measure the tempature of liquids
- Graduated Cylinder
- a caliberated cylinder that measures liquids accuratly
- Dispose
- To get rid of or throw away
- Metric Measuring Tape
- Calibrated tape used to measure the length, width, and height of objects
- wafting
- safely smelling chemicals by waving the smell with your hands towards your nose
- evaporation
- the process of which liquid turns into gas
- Meter Stick
- Stick used to measure in metric units exatcly one meter long
- striker
- a tool that can help make a fire.
- Motar and Pestle
- A dish and grinder to break down solids
- Metric Ruler
- Ruler used to measure in metric units
- Erlenmeyer Flask
- A calibrated flask that can be used to mix and store chemicals.
- Extinguish
- To put out
- Eye Wash
- A hose used to clean and wash the eyes from chemicals
- Test Tube
- a tube used to mix chemicals, have chemical reactions, and heat materials
- Florence Flask
- A flask that is not calabirated with a round base and long neck
- Beaker
- can be used to make approximate volume measuremens and comes in 50ml, 100ml, 250ml, 500ml, and 1000ml