Lab Safety and Equipment

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.

Identify the piece of lab equipment seen in the image.

• Erlenmeyer Flask
• Graduated Cylinder
• Beaker
• Test Tube

Which of the following should NOT be worn during a lab investigation?

• Flip flops
• Loose, long hair
• Dangling jewelry
• All of the above

To be read accurately, one must place a graduated cylinder on a flat surface and measure at the bottom of the _______________ curve.

• Centrifugal
• Capillary
• Meniscus
• Infinity

Which piece of lab equipment is used to spread the heat of a flame so that substances heat evenly in a beaker or flask?

• flint striker

• ring stand

• iron ring

• wire gauze

Which piece of equipment is shown in the picture?

• tongs

• test tube clamp

• pipette

• flint striker

Which of the following is the proper way to attempt to determine the identity of an unknown substance?

• Put the substance close to your nose and sniff it.

• Taste a very small amount of it.

• Put a small amount on your skin and see if it burns.

• Waft it toward your nose.

Which piece of lab equipment is shown in the picture?

• beakers

• flasks

• test tubes

• graduated cylinders

What is this? 

• glass triangle
• funnel
• stirring rod
• buret