Lab Safety

If you want to feed or hold an animal in class, you should ____.

• just do it

• ask for permission first

• call the police

• use safety goggles

If you are working with petri dishes, you should ____.

• always open them

• never open them

• open them if the teacher tells you to

• open and smell it carefully

If an acid gets on your skin, you should wash the area with ____.

• sand

• sulfuric acid

• sodium hydroxide

• water

After working with bacterial or fungal cultures, you should _____.

• sterilize them as directed

• throw them in the trash

• take them home to show your parents

• leave in the sink

If glass gets broken, you should ______.

• notify the teacher immediately

• pick it up with your hands

• hide it so you don't get in trouble

• just leave it for the next class to clean

If glass gets broken, what should be used to clean it up?

• a broom and dust pan

• your hands

• your feet

• chopsticks

You must wear eye protection in a lab if ______.

• you have bad vision

• your eyes are blue

• you are instructed to

• it is before lunch time

Goofing around during a lab is ______.

• dangerous

• helpful

• polite

• no big deal

When should you read the instruction during a lab?

• at the end

• after school

• before you start working

• you should never read directions

If you are heating liquids in a test tube, the tube should point towards ____.

• no one

• the teacher

• your eyes

• other students