Lab Safety 8th grade

Long hair must be secured to the back of your head

• True
• False

What should you do if a glass breakage occurs?

• Touch it to see if it is safe?
• Run out of the classroom
• Immediately tell your teacher
• Leave without telling anyone

What should you maintain in your lab work area?

• A clean and tidy work space
• Chemicals spread all around you
• A messy work space
• Food and drink on the table

What should you NEVER do in the lab?

• Play practical jokes on people
• All of these
• Run while holding a beaker with chemicals
• Mess around with your friends

What should you always do before conducting a lab?

• Discuss what you will do this weekend
• Begin the experiment
• Read ALL the directions 
• just sit quietly and do nothing

  Keeping your work area and floor neat and clean is important because:

• my teacher is a neat freak
• it keeps the room from looking messy
• I won't lose my supplies in the clutter.
• It helps prevent accidents.

You should wash your hands after

• touching a plant in the classroom.
• working with chemicals
• handling a class pet.
• All of the above.

The MOST important thing in laboratory experiments is

• getting done first
• safety
• getting the answer right.
• penmanship (good handwriting)

What is the CORRECT procedure for students to follow if a chemical is spilled?

• Stand back and advise the teacher of the spill.
• Splash large amounts of water onto the spill.
• Run madly out of the room.
• Immediately ask to go to the restroom.

Helping to clean up the lab or classroom is the job of

• the janitors
• the teacher only
• each and every student 
• the principal