Lab Safety Quiz

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

• to avoid eyestrain

• to improve your vision

• only if you do not have correct glasses

• any time chemicals, heat, or glassware are used

If a fire erupts, immediately *

• run for the fire extinguisher

• throw water on the fire

• notify the teacher

• open the windows

If you do not understand a direction or part of a laboratory procedure, you should

• figure it out as you do the lab

• try several methods until something works.

• ask the teacher before proceeding

• skip it and go on to the next part

After completing an experiment, all chemical wastes should be

• left at your lab station for the next class

• disposed of according to your teacher's directions

• dumped in the sink.

• taken home

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

You have been injured in the laboratory (cut, burned, etc.). First you should *

• Visit the school nurse after class

• see a doctor after school

• apply first aid yourself

• tell the teacher at once

Long hair in the laboratory must be *

• cut short

• held away from the experiment with one hand

• always neatly groomed

• tied back or kept entirely out of the way with a hair band, etc

You are about to start an experiment and notice the wire on your hotplate is frayed (cut). The first thing you should do is *

• pour water on it to see if it sparks

• touch it to see if you glow and others can see your skeleton

• ignore it because it will be okay

• tell the teacher at once

Which of the following should NOT be worn during a laboratory activity? *

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY (more than one answer)

• Goggles

• Sandals

• loose clothing

• dangling jewelry

• lab apron

Horseplay, practical jokes, or pranks in the classroom are*

• always against the rules

• okay

• not dangerous

• okay if you are working alone

When handling animals, students should *

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY (more than one answer)

• open cages only with permission

• not tease or handle animals roughly

• try to bring the animal home

• chase your lab partner with it

• report bites or scratches to the teacher immediately