Science laboratory safety

Going over laboratory safety rules every year is pointless since teachers say the same thing.

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Which hairstyle is allowed in the lab?

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Which shoe type is allowed in the lab?

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Which piece of lab equipment is used to protect your clothes from chemical spills?

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If you accidentally break glass in the lab, you should...

• pick it up right away before someone gets hurts

• kick it under the table so no one will see it

• sweep it up and dispose of it in the broken glass container

• leave it on the floor so the janitor can get it

Eating is not allowed in the lab, but you can drink water there, Right?

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• False

Person 1 poured too much chemicals in their beaker. Person 2 says, "just pour the overage back in the bottle".

• This is wrong advice

• This advice is OK as long as the chemicals in the beaker is still pure

• This advice is just fine

• It really depends on what the chemical is.

A fume hood is used...

• every time someone needs to do a lab

• when a reaction is potentially volatile in the experiment

• never. That's why classes should be outside.

• whenever fire is used in an experiment.

When heating glassware like test tubes, you should do all of these EXCEPT...

• never have it pointed toward you

• use tongs or heat resistant gloves to remove from flame

• smell its contents to make sure it is reacting

• follow directions of the teacher as to what precautions to know

MSDS, or material safety data sheet gives information about

• how to order chemicals for the lab

• the best products to use for which lab experiment

• how to safely handle, dispose of and store chemicals

• how to conduct lab experiments