Answer:
a. All the laboratory equipment given are very basic equipment used in all the laboratories. Name of each equipment is as follows:
- V refers to the tape measure.
- W refers to dropper.
- X refers to an inoculating loop.
- Y refers to a stopwatch.
- Z refers to the microscope.
b. Use of each laboratory equipment identified is:
- Tape measures (V) is used to measure the length of objects or distance in a laboratory.
- Dropper (W) is used to measure unit of drop required to dispensed as one drop or several drops in any experiment.
- Inoculating loop (X) is used by microbiologists to cultivate microbes on plates and retrieving an inoculum from a culture of microorganisms.
- Stopwatch (Y) is used to measure the time of any experiment.
- Microscope (Z) is used to magnify an object to look at it in detail.