8th Grade Lab Safety/Equipment

Before beginning a lab, you should always

• clear off your table to ensure a clean workspace
• ask the teacher about any questions you have
• read all directions
• all of the above

If glass accidentally breaks during your lab, you should 

• immediately tell the teacher and let the teacher clean it up
• tell a student to clean it up for you
• leave the pieces on the floor and sneak away
• carefully clean it up using a dust pan and a broom

Protective eye wear is worn during lab experiments 

• to help avoid eye strain
• only if you don't already wear glasses
• to improve your vision
• anytime heat, chemicals and/or glassware is used

If you are caught "horseplaying" during a lab investigation, you will 

• be given a thumbs down by your teacher
• receive a verbal warning
• be dismissed from the experiment, be given an alternative assignment, and your parents will be notified
• receive a warning and then return to the experiment

The _________________ is used to measure length in centimeters.

• meter stick
• thermometer
• spring scale
• triple beam balance

The _________________ is used to simply hold or measure a liquid.

• scale
• test tube
• beaker
• thermometer

The ______________ is a tube like container that is used to measure the volume of a liquid.

• spring scale
• beaker
• graduated cylinder
• test tube

The _______________ measures temperature.

• triple beam balance
• spring scale
• graduated cylinder
• thermometer

The ______________ measures force in Newtons.

• spring scale
• triple beam balance
• graduated cylinder
• beaker

The _________________ measures the mass of an object in grams.

• triple beam balance
• beaker
• spring scale
• thermometer