Lab Safety and Equipment Quiz

Disrupting other students in the laboratory with horseplay in the lab is:

• helpful.
• allowed
• dangerous.
• the quickest way to do a job.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

When in the lab you should wear...

• open-toed shoes.
• sandals.
• closed-toes shoes.
• no shoes.

Which of the following are examples of dressing appropriately in the lab?

• Pulling long hair back
• Leaving long hair down to get in the chemicals. 
• Wearing sandals

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

Work areas should be kept clean and tidy

• True
• False

Chipped or cracked glassware is okay to use.

• True
• False

All chemicals in the lab are to be considered dangerous

• True
• False

When is it OK to eat or drink at the lab tables?

• Always
• During group work, but not during lab activities
• Never
• During lab activities

What is measured with a graduated cylinder?

• Passage of time
• Distance from one thing to another
• Weight of an object
• Volume of liquid

What is used to protect your eyes from chemicals, broken glass, and fire?

• Fire blanket

• Eye wash

• Safety Goggles

• Flask