Kitchen Safety

Kitchen Safety

7th - 12th Grade

24 Qs

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Kitchen Safety

Kitchen Safety

Assessment

Quiz

Other Sciences

7th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

Created by

Cindy Steinberg

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This kitchen safety quiz covers essential food service and culinary safety protocols appropriate for middle and high school students in grades 7-12. The questions assess comprehensive knowledge of fire prevention and suppression, proper knife handling techniques, electrical safety, food sanitation, and emergency response procedures. Students need to understand the science behind different types of fires (particularly grease fires), proper chemical storage principles, burn prevention strategies, and basic first aid including the abdominal thrust for choking victims. The content integrates practical life skills with safety science, requiring students to apply knowledge of heat transfer, chemical reactions, and risk assessment to real-world kitchen scenarios. Students must demonstrate understanding of proper equipment usage, workspace organization, and emergency protocols that are fundamental to safe food preparation environments. Created by Cindy Steinberg, an Other Sciences teacher in the US who teaches grades 7-12. This comprehensive assessment serves as an excellent tool for introducing safety protocols before hands-on cooking labs or can be used as a review quiz to reinforce critical safety concepts throughout a culinary arts or family and consumer sciences course. The quiz works effectively as a pre-lab assessment to ensure students understand safety requirements before using kitchen equipment, or as homework to reinforce classroom instruction on kitchen safety. Teachers can use this formatively to identify knowledge gaps in safety procedures or summatively to assess student mastery of essential safety protocols. The content aligns with Family and Consumer Sciences Education standards and supports FACS 16.4.1 (demonstrating safety and sanitation procedures) and FACS 16.4.2 (demonstrating proper use of kitchen tools and equipment), ensuring students develop the foundational safety knowledge required for all food preparation activities.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What procedures will help prevent burns in the kitchen?

use oven mitts
stand to the side when opening the oven
pull oven racks out instead of reaching in
all of the above

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Safe or unsafe: keep a towel close by at the stove to clean up spills quickly

safe
unsafe 

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Lifting a lid away from your face (like a shield) can help prevent a ________

cut
burn
fall
shock

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Chemicals and cleaning products should always be stored in the original container, to promote safety

true
false

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

For a grease fire, you should use water to put it out

false
true

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Electrical shock can be prevented by keeping electrical appliances away from water

true
false

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Is this the correct way to put a pot / pan handle?

Yes
No

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