Flinn - Lab Safety Quiz

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

• an open door

• an open flam

• another student

• a sink

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

. 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

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

• figure it our as you go.

• try several methods until something works.

• ask the instructor before proceeding.

• skip it.

After completing an experiment, all chemical wastes 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 are heating a substance in a test tube. Always point the open end of the tube

• toward yourself

• toward your lab partner.

• toward the teacher.

• away from all people.

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

• use a rag or paper towels.

• pick up the end that "looks" cooler.

• use tongs

• pour water on it.

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.

When gathering glassware and equipment for an experiment, you should

• read all directions carefully to know what equipment is necessary

• examine all glassware to check for chips or cracks

• clean any glassware that appears dirty

• All of the above

Personal eyeglasses provide as much protection as

• a face shield

• safety glasses

• splashproof chemical goggles

• none of the above.

long hair in the lab must be

• cut short

• held away from the experiment with one hand

• tied back entirely

• always groomed and looking pretty