lab safety

True or False: Long hair MUST be tied back during a laboratory investigation.

• True
• False

True or False: The wearing of flip flops and other open toed shoes are acceptable during a laboratory investigation during the hot summer months.

• True
• False

If you spill or break something during an experiment, what is the FIRST thing you should do?

• Tell the teacher.
• Clean it up. 
• Cover it with a paper towel.
• Leave it for someone else.

The lab equipment seen in the image should be worn during a lab investigation when...

• using glassware.
• using chemicals.
• using heat/fire.
• using any of the above.

True or False: If you see something dangerous taking place during a lab,you should immediately tell the teacher.

• True
• False

What do you do if a fire breaks out during a lab?

• Run!

• Tell the teacher

• Just watch it burn

after completing an experiment, all chemical waste should be

• left at your lab station for the next class

• disposed of according to your teacher's instructions

• dumped in the sink

• taken home

You just cut your finger on a piece of broken glass, what should you do?

• go see a doctor after school

• tell the teacher!

• go see the nurse

• take care of it by youself

(True or False) It is okay to pick up broken glass with your bare hands as long as the glass is placed in the trash can

• true

• false

Laboratory work may be started immediately upon entering the laboratory even if the teacher is not yet present

• false

• true