Lab Safety Quiz

Long Hair must be secured to the back of your head when using a Bunsen burner.

• True

• False

What things do you need to wear before beginning any laboratory exercise?

• Gloves

• Apron or lab coat

• goggles or face shield

• all of the above

What should you do if a glass breakage occurs?

• Run out of the classroom.

• Touch it to see if it is safe.

• Leave it where it is without telling anyone

• Immediately contact your teacher

What should you maintain in your lab work area?

• A clean and tidy work space.

• Chemicals spread all around you.

• A messy work space.

• Lots of food and drink

What should you do if you spill an acid or base at your lab station.

• clean it up

• Tell your teacher

• neutralize it.

• All of the above

While heating a test tube you should

• point it away from others.

• aim it toward your lab partner.

• heat it in only one spot.

• all of the above

When working in the laboratory you should not

• Wear eye protection.

• wear contact lenses.

• wear closed toe shoes.

• wear glasses.

What should you do if your lab sink is clogged?

• keep running the water.

• pour solid waste down the sink.

• Pour acid in the sink to dissolve clog.

• Stop using the sink

Which of the following should you do while in the laboratory?

• taste the chemicals.

• pour the fuming hydrochloric acid at your desk.

• wear scarves

• none of the above.

Which should you never do?

• eat in the laboratory

• taste the sodium hydroxide

• hide broken glass in the sink

• sniff acid

• all of the above