Lab Safety Rules

Lab Safety Rules

Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

Take your time and good luck!

Multiple Choice

Goggles are worn during science experiments

• anytime heat, chemicals or glassware are used in the lab.

• only if you don't have glasses

• to improve vision

• to avoid eye strain

Multiple Choice

If you don't understand the lab procedure, or directions you should-

• figure it out before you do the lab

• ask the teacher before you start

• try several methods until something works

• skip it and go to the next part.

Multiple Choice

After completing an experiment, all materials and waste should be:

• dumped into the sink

• taken home

• left at your lab table for the next class

• disposed of according to the teacher's directions.

Multiple Choice

Keeping the work area neat and clean is important because:

• Mrs. Cady is a neat freak

• you won't lose your supplies in the clutter

• it keeps the room from looking messy

• it helps prevent accidents

Multiple Choice

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

• apply first aid yourself

• tell the teacher at once

• visit the school nurse after class

• see a doctor after school

Multiple Choice

Horseplay or practical joking in the lab are -

• okay if you are working alone

• always against the rules

• okay

• not dangerous

Multiple Choice

Any spill on the floor can cause an accident. Always clean it up -

• at once

• during clean up time

• at the end of the day

• when you have time

Multiple Choice

The correct way to move around the science classroom is to -

• walk

• hurry

• run

• skip

Multiple Choice

Cleaning up the science classroom is the job of -

• the teacher

• all students

• new students

• old students

Multiple Choice

I can perform an experiment on my own-

• whenever I want to

• when I am sure it is safe to do so

• only with permission from the teacher

• never

Multiple Choice

I can eat in the lab-

• whenever I want to

• only with permission from the teacher

• whenever I am sure it is safe to do so

• never

Multiple Choice

You are doing a lab with your partner when all of a sudden her hair gets caught on the balance scale. She should have -

• gotten a haircut before class today

• skipped the lab

• tied her hair back with an elastic

• worn a hat today

Multiple Choice

The most important thing during lab experiments is -

• safety

• finishing first

• getting the correct answer

• neatness