Name ______Date ______Period______TOOLS AND MEASUREMENT IN BIOLOGY Match each tool (Column 1) with its name (column 2) and its use (column 3). Draw lines

Station 1 Tool Name of Tool Use of Tool

To hold and store test Tongs tubes in the upright position

Holding and Test tube rack transferring hot objects

Transferring or filtering Funnel liquids from one container to another

Goggles To protect the eyes

Test tube To hold a test tube at holder or the Bunsen Burner. Clamp Also used to transfer a hot test tube

Station 2 Tool Name of Tool Use of Tool

Thermometer Accurately weighs a solid

Pipette Measures the temperature

Accurately measures Graduated a volume of liquid Cylinder/ Measuring cylinder

Triple beam Accurately measures balance/ small volumes of Electronic liquid (0.1 to 20 ml) balance

Station 3 Tools Name of Tool Use of Tool

Bunsen Burner With a flat bottom and a pouring beak – used to store and carry out experiments in

Beaker With a flat bottom and narrow mouth – used to store and carry out experiments.

Erlenmeyer Flask To conduct Or Conical flask experiment that require small volumes

Hot plate Uses electricity to heat up liquids.

Test Tube Uses gas and open flames to heat substances for experimentation

Station 4 Tool Name of Tool Use of Tool Observation Name of Tool Use of Tool

Forceps Magnify specimens up to 20 times to observe details

Cavity slides View tiny specimens by magnifying up to 400 times. Specimens have to be mounted on slides.

Slides To hold specimens firmly for transfer

Coverslip To mount a specimen for observations under the microscope

To cover the specimens Stereomicroscope on the slides before Or viewing under a Dissecting microscope. Microscope

Compound To mount live or large Microscope specimens for observations under the microscope

Station 5

Microfuge tube To grow cultures of microscopic organics (ex. Bacteria, yeast, fungi)

Inoculation loop To observe specimens under the UV light

UV light box Observe reaction in small volumes

Petri dish Used to transfer microbiological live specimens under sterile conditions.

Reaction Experimentation with Chamber very small volumes