3.1 Laboratory Vocabulary

2. One of a series of steps taken to accomplish an end.
4. Any material that will burn.
5. A manner, disposition, feeling, or position with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation.
7. The quantity of matter as determined by its weight.
9. A sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or occasion requiring immediate action.
10. Something that serves to warn, give notice, or caution.
13. A portable container, usually filled with special chemicals for putting out a fire.
14. An unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable.
17. The type of energy that causes the temperature of an object or environment to rise.
18. The amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
20. Alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness.
23. An act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
24. The freedom from accidents.
25. Pieces of information, such as facts, statistics, or codes; an item of data.
26. To kill by electricity.

1. The three conditions, fuel, heat, and oxygen, that must be present to produce a fire.
3. A measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value.
6. A colorless, odorless reactive gas that is one of the three ingredients necessary for a fire.
8. Liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.
9. A test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation to discover something unknown or test a principle or supposition.
11. Safety equipment worn for protection against safety hazards in the work area.
12. Color used as part of a standardized coding system according to which each color conveys a specific safety message.
15. The mass per unit of volume.
16. To put out (fire or light); put out the flame of something burning or lighted.
19. The ability of a measurement to match the actual value of the quantity being measured.
21. The systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.
22. The amount of space measured in cubic units that an object or substance occupies.