Lab Safety Review

Before starting an investigation or lab procedure, you should:

• try an experiment on your own

• open all containers and packages

• read all directions and make sure you understand them

If you get hurt or injured in any way, you should:

• tell your teacher immediatly

• find bandages or a first aid kit

• get help after you finish the lab

If your glassware is chipped or broken, you should:

• use it only for solid materials

• give it to your teacher

• put it back in the storage cabinet

If you need to determine the odor of a chemical or solution, you should

• use your hand to bring fumes from the container to your nose

• bring the container under your nose and inhale deeply

• use odor-sensing equipment

When working with materials that might fly into the air and hurt someone's eye, you should wear

• goggles

• an apron

• a hat

Before doing experiments involving a heat source, you should know the location of the

• door

• windows

• fire extinguisher

If you get a chemical in your eye, you should

• wash your hands immediately

• wait to see if your eye becomes irritated

• use the eyewash right away

As you cut with a knife or sharp instrument, you should move the instrument

• toward you

• away from you

• horizontally

If I get really curious in a lab and finish early, I can do extra steps that weren't in the procedures

• true

• false

If I spill a liquid during lab I should:

• quickly clean it up with a paper towel

• just leave it until I am done with the lab

• find a janitor

• tell the teacher