Scientific Instruments - Complete Bundle

Questions and Answers

This document contains easy to read information and questions about the scientific instruments listed. Each worksheet includes some general information and an example of a scientific experiment featuring this instrument.

These worksheets are not intended to be a complete lesson - they are instead intended as one component of a lesson - to give students an overview and summary of the scientific instrument, before allowing them to practice their comprehension skills.

They can also be used in setting lessons for temporary/casual/relief teachers who may not be specialists in the subject, when required. 

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1.  Bunsen burner
2. Test Tube
3. Petri Dish
4. Oscilloscope
5. Seismograph

General Scientific Instruments

1. Magnifying glass
2. Stopwatch
3. Ruler
4. Vernier calliper
5. Micrometre screw gauge
6. Weighing balance
7. Telescope
8. Thermometer
9. Barometer
10. Anemometer
11. Hygrometer
12. Spectrometer
13. Photometer
14. Data logger
15. Calorimeter

Physics

1. Ammeter
2. Voltmeter
3. Galvanometer
4. Multimeter
5. Cathode ray oscilloscope (CRO)
6. Laser interferometer
7. Geiger-Müller counter
8. Electrometer
9. Resonance apparatus
10. Diffraction grating
11. Polarimeter
12. Magnetometer
13. Dynamometer
14. Torsion balance
15. Spectrophotometer

Chemistry

1. Beaker
2. Conical flask (Erlenmeyer flask)
3. Volumetric flask
4. Pipette
5. Burette
6. Crucible
7. Fume hood
8. Colorimeter
9. Gas chromatograph
10. Mass spectrometer
11. pH meter
12. Distillation apparatus
13. Soxhlet extractor
14. Titrator
15. Bomb Calorimeter

Biology

Questions and Answers:

1. Light microscope
2. Electron microscope
3. Centrifuge
4. Incubator
5. Autoclave
6. Electrophoresis apparatus
7. Microtome
8. DNA sequencer
9. Spectrophotometer (for biological samples)
10. Haemocytometer
11. Dissecting Kit
12. ELISA Reader
13. Flow Cytometer
14. Microscope Slide & Cover Slip
15. Cryostat

Geology & Earth Science

Questions and Answers:

1. Theodolite
2. Clinometer
3. Core drill
4. Rock hammer
5. Geiger counter (for radioactivity in rocks)
6. Compass clinometer
7. GPS device (for mapping)
8. Ground-penetrating radar
9. Soil auger
10. Gravimeter

Astronomy

Questions and Answers:

1. Radio telescope
2. Hubble Space Telescope (Space Telescope)
3. Photographic plate
4. CCD camera (for astronomy)
5. Spectroheliograph
6. Planetarium projector
7. Astrolabe
8. Star tracker
9. Coronagraph
10. Neutrino detector

Medical Science

Questions and Answers:

1. Stethoscope
2. Sphygmomanometer (blood pressure meter)
3. ECG machine
4. MRI scanner
5. CT scanner
6. Ultrasound machine
7. Endoscope
8. Ophthalmoscope
9. Otoscope
10. Thermoscope