Lab Safety Flashcard

Front

Which of the following safety rules is INCORRECT?

• Do not start lab until all your questions are answered.
• Horseplaying with your group and others is allowed.
• Clean your area completely after the investigation.
• Return and discard supplies/waste as directed by teacher.

Back

Horseplaying with your group and others is allowed.

Front

When equipment is broken or not working properly, what should you do?

Back

Tell your teacher immediately about the problem.

Front

What should you do with long hair during a lab investigation?

Back

Keep it tied back

Front

What should you do if you do not understand a direction or part of a laboratory procedure?

Back

Ask the teacher before proceeding.

Front

You have been injured in the laboratory (cut, burned, etc.). First you should:

Back

tell the teacher at once.

Front

Horseplay, practical jokes, or pranks in the classroom are:

Back

always against the rules.

Front

Best method of eye protection when using heat, chemicals, and glassware in a lab? Options: Safety goggles, Contact lenses, Prescription glasses, Eye protection is not needed.

Back

Safety goggles

Front

What is best for a student to do before leaving the laboratory after working with chemicals or biological specimens?

Back

Wash hands with soap and water

Front

What should a student do if equipment is not working properly in the laboratory?

Back

Tell the science teacher

Front

If you break glassware in the lab, you should...

Back

Tell the teacher