WHAT’S IN THE LAB?

Created by: Chelsea Currie

Summer 2010

TN 9th GRADE PHYSICAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM STANDARDS

CLE 3202.Inq.3 Use appropriate tools and technology to collect precise and accurate data.

√3202.Inq.3 Select appropriate tools and technology to collect precise and accurate quantitative and qualitative data.

CLE 3202.T/E.3 Explain the relationship between properties of a material and the use of the material in the application of a technology.

√3202.T/E.4 Present research on current engineering technologies that contribute to improvements in our daily lives.

DIRECTIONS

This game contains 20 Q’s/A’s. You are to reflect on the Virtual Field Trip and answer each question accordingly.

There are 3 action buttons at the bottom of each page; to go back to the previous frame(s) click the left arrow button, to move forward to the next frame(s) click on the right arrow button, and to go to the Game Board click on the picture of the house.

This game is to be played in two teams. All questions are labeled, with numbers, on the Game Board and should be chosen in numerical order (click on the number inside the Petri dish) from #’s 1-20.

Once you have chosen a number (e.g. #1) from the Game Board, both teams will have a chance to answer. Afterwards, the correct answer will be revealed. From the answer frame(s) you are to click on the house action button and this will take you back to the Game Board. On the Game Board you are to chose the next number in sequence and click on that number and repeat these steps throughout the game. IMPORTANT – this will be done for each series of Q’s/A’s.

With any action; clicking on numbers or action buttons…ONLY CLICK THE BUTTON ONE TIME..if it is clicked more than one time you will be move that amount of frames.

Before the game begins you need to print the Score Card (the next slide), the directions on how to print it are on the Score Card. The Score Card also contains information on how to keep score.

Follow these Directions, Have Fun, and Enjoy!

SCORE CARDTO PRINT: 1. Click ESC button in the

keyboard,2. Click on the Microsoft

Office button , located in the top left corner of the screen

3. Click Print (1 copy)4. Click Ok5. Once printed click on

the left arrow and begin playing.

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Each question is worth 20 points. When your team gives a correct answer write the point value under the corresponding number of the correct question answered. If an incorrect answer is given there is no penalty only put an X in that box. At the end of the game, Write your total point value. The team with the highest score wins the game. HAVE FUN!!!!!!

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QUESTION 1

What is the use of a thermometer?

ANSWER 1

The use of a thermometer is to measure the temperature of a substance.

QUESTION 2

What type of equipment is used to measure the mass of small objects?

ANSWER 2

Triple beam balance

QUESTION 3

Which piece of equipment is used to wash the body if/when chemicals come in contact with the skin?

ANSWER 3

Chemical shower

QUESTION 4

Why would a pH meter be used?

ANSWER 4

It would be used to measure the acidity or base of a substance?

QUESTION 5

Explain a calorimeter.

ANSWER 5

It is the measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat.

QUESTION 6 What is an optical instrument,

consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute to be viewed by the naked eye?

ANSWER 6

A microscope

QUESTION 7

What is the definition of a beaker?

ANSWER 7

An open mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projection lip for pouring – used for holding solutions requiring heat.

QUESTION 8

Should the volume graduations on beakers be used for exact estimates? Explain your answer.

ANSWER 8

No, they should only be used for “ballpark” estimates.

QUESTION 9

What is the name of the gas burner that is used in labs?

ANSWER 9

A Bunsen burner

QUESTION 10

What are the uses of water baths?

ANSWER 10

They are widely used for day to day bacteriological and varied laboratory applications requiring incubation as well as general tests and procedures.

QUESTION 11

This piece of equipment is used for experiments known to produce noxious fumes or smoke.

ANSWER 11

A fume hood.

QUESTION 12

This piece of equipment has a safety glass front cabinet with an exhaust fan.

ANSWER 12

A fume hood.

QUESTION 13

Name each piece of equipment from left to right labeled with the numbers.

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ANSWER 13

Bunsen burner, graduated cylinder and beaker.

QUESTION 14

What are the black and red hoses connected to in this picture?

ANSWER 14

The black and red hoses are connected to the hot and cold water lines.

QUESTION 15

What is the name and used of this piece of equipment?

ANSWER 15

This is a pH meter and it is used to test the acidity and base of a substance.

QUESTION 16

Identify this piece of equipment.

ANSWER16

This is a fume hood.

QUESTION 17

Identify this piece of equipment.

ANSWER 17

This is a calorimeter.

QUESTION 18

What is the name and use of this piece of equipment?

ANSWER 18

This is a chemical bath it is used to wash the body when the skin or clothing have come in contact with harmful chemicals.

QUESTION 19

This is a microscope, what are its uses?

ANSWER 19

A microscope magnifies objects so that the naked human eye can see them.

QUESTION 20

True or False - A water bath is used to wash the hands if they have been exposed to harmful chemicals?

ANSWER 20

False – a water bath is used in various lab applications such as incubations