Lab Safety Test

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

• an open door

• an open flame

• another student

• a sink

If a laboratory fire erupts, immediately

• notify your teacher

• run for the fire extinguisher

• throw water on the fire

• open the windows

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

• to avoid eye strain

• to improve vision

• only if you don't have glasses

• any time chemicals, heat, or glassware are used

If you wear contact lenses in the school laboratory,

• take them out before lab

• you do not have to wear lab goggles

• advise your teacher that you wear contacts

• keep the information to yourself

If you do not understand the directions of a lab procedure, you should

• figure it out as you go

• try several methods until something works

• ask the instructor before proceeding

• skip it and go on to the next step

After you complete an experiment, all chemical waste should be

• left at the lab station for the next class

• disposed of according to your instructor' directions

• dumped down the sink

• taken home

If a lab experiment is not completed, you should

• discuss the issue with your teacher

• sneak in after school and work alone

• come in during lunch and finish while eating lunch

• make up some results

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

• toward your face

• toward your lab partner's face

• toward another classmate

• away from everyone

You are heating a piece of glass and now want to pick it up. You should

• use a rag or paper towels

• pick it up on the end that looks cooler

• use tongs

• pour cold water on it

You have been injured in the lab. First you should

• visit the school nurse after class

• see a doctor after school

• tell the teacher immediately

• apply first aid yourself