Lab Safety Review

All unauthorized experiments are not allowed.

• True

• False

After completing an experiment, all chemical waste should be _____

• left at your lab station for the next class.

• disposed of according to your instructor's directions.

• dumped in the sink.

• taken home.

You do not need to report minor accidents to your teacher.

• True

• False

In a laboratory, the following should not be worn.

• loose clothing

• dangling jewelry

• sandals

• all of the above

Never leave a lit bunsen burner unattended.

• True

• False

Horseplay or practical jokes in the laboratory are

• always against the rules.

• okay.

• not dangerous.

• okay if you are working alone.

It's okay to walk around and distract other students when conducting a lab experiment.

• True

• False

Long hair in the laboratory must be

• cut short

• held away from the experiment with one hand.

• always neatly groomed.

• tied back or kept out of the way with a hair band or pins.

It is proper procedure to point the open end of a test tube at other students in the lab.

• True

• False

You have been injured in the laboratory (cut or burn). First you should _____.

• visit the school nurse after class.

• see a doctor after school.

• tell the science teacher at once.

• apply first aid yourself.