Lab Safety

If a lab fire erupts, immediately:

•  A. Notify (or tell) your teacher
• B. Run and scream
• C. Throw water at the fire
•  D. Open the windows

Why are approved eye protection devices (such as goggles) are worn in the lab?

• A. To improve your vision
• B. To make you look like a bug
•  C. To give you headaches
•  D. To protect eyes around chemicals, heat, or glassware

Personal eyeglasses provide as much protection as:

• A. A shield
• B. Goggles
•   C. A mask
•  D. None of the above

You are working in the lab using glassware. Your partner drops a glass beaker and it shatters. A piece of glass gets in his eyes. What should he have been wearing?

• A. Gloves
• B. Sun glasses
• C. Safety Goggles
•  D. A lab aporn

You are in lab and your partner accidentally gets their hair stuck in a triple beam balance. What should have your partner done?

•   A. Worn a hat in class
•  B. Skipped class
•  C. Got a hair cut
• D. Tied/pulled their hair back

If you have been injured in the lab, what should you do first?

• A. Apply the first aid yourself
• B. Go to doctor after school in a few hours
• C Tell your science teacher immediately
• D. Not tell anyone

Flammable materials should never be dispensed (or used) near:

• A. An open door
• B. An open flame
• C.Another student
• D. A sink

If you see a science experiment set up in the classroom...

• do not touch anything until instructed.
• immediately begin working on the lab.
• go and check all equipment.
• walk around and check each station.

Horseplay or practical jokes in the laboratory are...

• always against the rules.
• okay.
• not dangerous.
• okay if you are working alone.

You may eat or drink in the science laboratory...

• after you have washed your hands.
• on the days you are not doing a lab.
• only from the beakers.
• at no time unless given teacher approval.