MCHS Biology I Safety Quiz 2019.2020

Which of the following safety equipment should you be able to locate in the classroom?

• Eye wash station

• Fire Blanket

• Fire extinguisher

• All of these answers

All lab accidents, no matter how small, should be reported immediately to –

• Your lab partner

• The closest lab group

• Your teacher

• The custodian

Broken glass should be -

• picked up with your hands.

• thrown away in any trash can.

• left for the custodian to clean up.

• swept into a dustpan an disposed of in the sharps container.

You should only take as much of a chemical as you need for an experiment, but if you do, by chance, have too much, then you should –

• return it to its original container.

• return it to a specified container provided by your teacher.

• throw it in the trash.

• throw it in the sink.

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Which of the following describes the proper way to smell a substance?

• Directly breathe in the fumes for at least 2 minutes.

• Stick your nose in the container and inhale the fumes.

• Hold the container at arm’s length and waft the fumes towards you.

• Hold the container directly under your nose and breathe in the fumes.

In the laboratory, long hair should be –

• cut short.

• held away from the experiment with one hand.

• always neatly groomed.

• tied back or kept entirely out of the way.

Which of the following is the correct reason why we don’t eat, drink or chew gum in the lab?

• The food could become contaminated with chemicals or specimens.

• Data may be altered if a variable such as food is introduced to an experiment.

• Crumbs may attract pests into the lab.

• all of these reasons are why we don't eat, drink or chew gum in the lab.

If you do not understand part of a lab procedure, you should –

• figure it out as you do the lab.

• try several methods until something works.

• ask the instructor before proceeding.

• skip it and go on to the next part.

When you finish working with chemicals, biological specimens and other lab substances, always

• treat your hands with skin lotion.

• wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water.

• wipe your hands on a towel.

• clean your hands with hand sanitizer.

Which of the following is a correct statement about wearing personal protective equipment such as goggles, gloves and aprons?

• wearing goggles is optional if you wear contacts or glasses.

• wearing protective equipment is optional.

• wear protective equipment when required by the activity.

• aprons are not required when wearing jeans and long sleeves.