IS3T2 Evaluation #1--Science Safety

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

• An open door

• An open flame

• A sink

• Another student

If a laboratory fire erupts, immediately

• Notify your instructor.

• Run for the fire extinguisher.

• Throw water on the fire.

• Open the windows.

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

• Figure it out as you do the lab.

• Try several methods until something works.

• Ask the instructor before proceeding.

• Skip it and go on to the next part.

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.

Long hair in the laboratory must be

• Cut short.

• Held away from the experiment with one hand.

• Always neatly groomed.

• Tied back or kept entirely out of the way with a hair band, hairpins, or other confining device.

In a laboratory, the following should not be worn.

• Loose clothing.

• Dangling jewelry.

• Sandals.

• All of the above.

If an acid is splashed on your skin, wash at once with

• Soap.

• Oil.

• Weak base.

• Plenty of water.

Hot glass looks the same as cold glass.

• True

• False

All chemicals in the lab are to be considered dangerous.

• True

• False