Lab Safety

Multiple Choice

Goggles are to be worn in lab to:

• Protect your eyes.

• Increase your vision.

• Make you look cool.

• Only protect eyes from flames.

Multiple Choice

When should you tie back long hair or baggy clothing?

• When working with chemicals
• When working with a Bunsen burner
• When doing dissections.
• Any time you are working in the lab.

Multiple Choice

When in the lab...

• long sleeves and loose clothing should be rolled up
• closed toe shoes should be worn
• long hair should be pulled back
• all of the above

Multiple Choice

BEFORE using, always inspect glassware for

• chips

• all of these

• cracks

• dirt and leftover chemicals

Multiple Choice

If glass breaks in the lab, what should you do first?

• Tell the teacher.

• Clean it up at once.

• Keep working.

• Clean it up after class.

Multiple Choice

What should you do once the lab experiment is complete?

• Clean up your station.

• Put up materials.

• Wash your hands.

• All of the these.

Multiple Choice

If you get something in your eyes, how long do you need to use the eyewash station?

• 2 minutes

• 5 minutes

• 15 minutes

• Don't use the eyewash!

Multiple Choice

Approved eye protection devices (such as goggles) are worn in the laboratory

• to avoid eye strain

• when working with chemicals

• when working with animals

• at ALL times

Multiple Choice

To put out a fire on someone's clothes you would use a:

• Fire blanket

• Fire extinguisher

• Safety shower

• First aid kit

Multiple Choice

Laboratory aprons are for:

• Tucking your hair back.

• Wiping your hands on.

• When you wear your best clothes.

• Protecting you and your clothes.

Multiple Choice

A broken beaker should be:

• Placed in glass disposal.

• Cleaned better.

• Left in the cabinet and not used.

• Used carefully.

Multiple Choice

Which safety equipment should be used if there is a chemical spill on the skin or clothing?

• Eyewash station
• Safety shower
• Fire extinguisher
• Fire blanket

Multiple Choice

You are starting a lab and you notice the cord on the hot plate looks like this...what should you do?

• Plug it in and use it since it must have worked before.

• Don't use it and tell the teacher immediately.

• Plug it in and let the teacher know when they come around during the lab.

• Don't plug it in, it is obviously damaged, and share the hot plate with the group beside yours.

Multiple Select

You enter the lab to begin your experiment and your lab station looks like this...What is wrong with this lab station?

Select the correct answers (up to all four answers may be selected)

• The lab counter is dirty.

• The sink is clogged.

• There are unknown chemicals spilled on the counter.

• The lab station was left dirty by the previous class and was not checked to be clean by the teacher.

Multiple Choice

When working in the lab, you always...

• work with only members of your group with a business-like attitude
• ask questions when in doubt about procedures
• clean up after yourself 
• all of the these

Multiple Choice

Combustible materials should always be kept away from flames and heat. What does combustible mean?

• It breaks easily.

• It can be used to make your hair look neat and tidy.

• It can light on fire and burn easily.

• It is located on the vehicle used to transport students to school.

Multiple Choice

When you finish working with chemicals and other lab substances, always 

• wipe your hands on your clothes
• wipe your hands on a towel
• wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water
• treat your hands with skin lotion