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A petri dish is a tool, not a math function. It is a shallow glass or plastic cylindrical lidded dish that biologists use to culture cells.

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What is the dependent variable in a petri dish experiment?

The dependent variable in a petri dish experiment could be the growth of microorganisms, the color change of a chemical reaction, or any other measurable outcome that changes in response to the independent variable being tested.


What is a controlled variable in a petri dish?

A controlled variable in a petri dish is a factor that is kept constant and unchanged throughout an experiment. This helps to ensure that any changes observed are a result of the manipulated variable being tested rather than other factors. Examples of controlled variables in a petri dish might include temperature, pH levels, or the type of nutrient media used.


A doctor grows some bacteria in a petri dish for several days which is the independent variable in this situation?

number of bacteria in the dish


What is a two-piece glass or plastic dish used for growing bacteria or mold?

It is called a petri dish or culture dish, and it is used in microbiology to culture and observe the growth of bacteria, mold, or other microorganisms.


How do you use an petri dish?

a petri dish is used to study small things


A shallow glass container used to prepare cultures in science lab?

beakercould be a petri dish


Who is Petri?

A Petri dish is a small, clear plastic dish that is used in science and experiments.


What is a dish used to grow microbes?

This is called a petri dish named after a German bacteriologist, Julius Petri.


What is Julius Richard Petri known for?

Julius Richard Petri is known for being the inventor of the petri dish. In early bacteria studies, cultures were kept in lidless dishes and as a result they often became contaminated. Julius Richard Petri invented a dish with a lid that reduced the risk of contamination and this has become known as the petri dish.


What is a shallow dish used to culture micoorgansisms?

It's called a Petri dish, name after German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri.


What is the uses of petri dish in physics?

A Petri dish is a shallow glass or plastic cylindrical dish that biologists use to culture cells, which can be bacteria, animal, plant, or fungus.


Why are inverted plates during incubation?

Because during incubation moisture will form at the top of the petri dish. Inverting the dish prevents it from dropping into whatever you have in the petri dish.