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        2. Scientific safety
   What are the 10 basic rules of working in a Science lab?
  1. Do not enter the lab without permission.
2. Dress for practical work (hair tied back and ties tucked in).
3. Follow instructions from the person
in charge.
4. Make sure your working area is safe (bags and coats tucked under benches).
5. Never run in the lab.
6. Don’t eat or drink in the lab.
7. Do not taste or sniff chemicals.
8. Never leave an unattended Bunsen burner on a blue flame.
9. Do not touch the electrical sockets without permission.
10. In the case of accidents, tell
an adult.
  1. Scientific Equipment
What is the drawing and purpose for the following pieces of scientific equipment?
   Equipment
  Drawing
  Purpose
   test tube
   Mixing chemicals to observe chemical reactions
 boiling tube
     Heating chemicals to observe chemical reactions
 test tube rack
     For safely holding test tubes and boiling tubes
 clamp stand
     To support other pieces of equipment and glassware
 Clamp
       To support other pieces of equipment and glassware
   Beaker
   For holding larger volumes of liquid
 conical flask
       To contain or mix liquids
   spatula
     For transferring small quantities
of solid from one container to another
  Equipment
  Drawing
  Purpose
   Thermometer
     Measuring the temperature in oC
   stirring rod
   Stirring chemicals to speed up dissolving or a chemical reaction
 pipette
     For transferring very small volumes of liquid from one container to another
 tripod
     Safely supporting objects above a Bunsen burner
 evaporating dish
       For the evaporation of solutions
   Bunsen burner
   To heat up substances or objects
 gauze
       Safely supporting objects above a Bunsen burner and to spread the heat
   measuring cylinder
   For accurately measuring volumes of liquid
 heatproof mat
       Protecting the bench and safely storing hot objects
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