SERIES MICROBIOLOGY: LAB EQUIPMENT COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED AND THE LATEST SERIES

2025-2026 SERIES
MICROBIOLOGY: LAB EQUIPMENT COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED
AND THE LATEST SERIES
incubator


Ans: a warm cabinet that maintains optimal temperature for microbes to grow
(37 degrees Celsius)


Question: autoclave


Ans: a steam sterilizer used to sterilize lab equipment at 121 Celsius or 249
Fahrenheit


Question: inocculation loop


Ans: to transfer a culture of microorganisms from point A to point B by streaking
the media (first step is to always sterilize the loop)


Question: inocculation needle


Ans: transfer a culture of microorganisms by stabbing the media. (first step is to
always sterilize the needle)


Question: weigh balance


Ans: measures mass


Question: stir plate


Ans: to stir liquids using a magnet that stirs the liquid.