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16 SCIPAD - BIG IDEAS - BOOK 1
THE NATURE OF SCIENCE
Bunsen Burner Driver’s Licence Test
Complete the following activities and questions. You must answer all questions correctly in order
to gain your ‘Bunsen Burner Driver’s Licence’
.
1. Label the Bunsen burner.
3. Place the key steps for lighting a Bunsen burner in the correct order.
The correct order is
4. State where the hottest part of a Bunsen burner flame is. 

5. Outline the correct method for heating liquids in a test tube.



6. State two ways you can prevent damaging your eyes when using a Bunsen burner:
(a) 
(b) 
Flame A Flame B
2. Referring to the images on the right, state which type of flame:
(a) is used for heating.			
(b) is called the safety flame.		
(c) is the hottest? 			
(d) would be the most visible.		
(e) causes soot to form.		
Turn the gas on
A Hold match over nozzle.
B Close the air hole
C Light a match
D
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