Grade 8 Biology Lab Techniques
A worksheet covering fundamental biology lab techniques including microscopy, safety, and basic procedures for 8th-grade science students.
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Biology Lab Techniques
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Read each question carefully and provide your best answer based on your knowledge of biology lab techniques. Show all your work where applicable.
1. Which of the following is the most important safety rule to follow when working with chemicals in a biology lab?
Wearing gloves at all times
Always wearing safety goggles
Tasting unknown substances to identify them
Working quickly to finish experiments
2. What is the proper way to carry a microscope?
By the eyepiece alone
With one hand on the base and one on the arm
Dragging it across the table
By the stage
3. The is the part of the microscope that you look through.
4. Always use the adjustment knob first when focusing at low power.
5. Before leaving the lab, you should always your hands.
6. Label the following parts of the microscope:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
7. It is acceptable to eat or drink in the biology laboratory.
True
False
8. When making a wet mount slide, you should always place the coverslip on at a 45-degree angle to avoid air bubbles.
True
False
9. Describe why it is important to always wear safety goggles when working in a biology lab.
10. Explain the difference between the coarse adjustment knob and the fine adjustment knob on a microscope, and when each should be used.