Lab Safety Quiz

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

• dangling jewelry

• loose clothing

• sandals

• All of the above

Chewing gum is permitted in the laboratory room.

• True

• False (neither is drinking or eating)

Long hair in the science lab must be...

• held away with one hand.

• cut short.

• neatly groomed.

• tied back or kept entirely out of the way with a hair tie.

If you have been injured in the lab tell the teacher at once.

• True

• False

All chemical wastes after an experiment should be...

• dumped in the sink.

• disposed according to your teachers instructions.

• taken home.

• left for someone else to clean up.

All unauthorized experiments are prohibited.

• True

• False

Flammable materials, like alcohol, should never be dispensed or used near

• an open door.
• an open flame.
• another student.
• a sink.

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

• to avoid eye strain.
• to improve your vision.
• only if you don’t have corrective glasses.
• any time chemicals, heat or glassware are used.

You are heating a substance in a test tube. Always point the open end of the tube

• toward yourself.
• toward your lab partner.
• toward another classmate.
• away from all people.

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

• visit the school nurse after class.
• see a doctor after school.
• tell the science instructor at once.
• apply first aid yourself.