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Revision as of 16:11, 3 December 2018
Key Stage 3
Meaning
A petri dish with a scale stuck on for measuring sizes.
About Petri Dishes
- Petri Dishes can be used as a container to grow seedlings.
- Petri Dishes are used to contain tissues for study.
- Petri Dishes are filled with a growth medium in order to grow bacterial colonies for study.
- Petri Dishes are destroyed after being used to grow bacteria to prevent their spread.
Examples
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| Several colonies of bacteria being grown in a petri dish. |