Science Safety

1. You see on your table an unlabeled beaker filled with liquid. The contents.......

• must be water, go ahead and drink it.

• are probably water, drink it anyway, what's the worst that could happen?

• are a really dangerous chemical. pour it in your desk, and see if it burns through.

• are unknown. Leave it alone and inform your instructor.

2. Certain things are never allowed in a lab. Select which item is allowed.

• food

• goggles

• beverages

• horseplay

• candy

3. What safety device should be used if a student pours a chemical into a beaker and it splashes into their eyes?

• Fume Hood

• Fire Extinguisher

• Eye Wash station

• Fire Blanket

4. Your lab partner just ( accidentally) lit your notebook on fire. What piece of safety equipment should be used?

• Fume Hood

• Fire Extinguisher

• Eye Wash station

• First Aid kit

5. The most important tool(s) to have in the lab setting is....

• Beakers

• Common sense and maturity

• Hammers

• Bunsen Burners

6. Your laboratory procedure instructs you to pour six (6) different solutions into separate beakers for use in the lab. You should ...

• pour all of the solutions into beakers and then label the beakers

• pour one solution at a time and label the solution after pouring the solution into it

• label all beakers first, and then pour the correct solution into it

• not worry about labeling the beakers

7. Which of the following is a common cause of laboratory accidents?

• following directions

• reading labels carefully

• horseplay in the laboratory

• following clean up procedures

8. If the fire alarm sound during a lab activity...

• carefully put away all your materials and exit

• leave only if the fire is in the room where you are located

• turn off all heat sources and follow the evacuation procedures

• leave the room as quickly and quietly as possible without doing anything to your lab station.

9. You are finished with the lab activity when :

• the bell rings

• you have followed proper clean-up procedures

• you have collected your data

• the group next to you is done

10. the label CORROSIVE on a chemical container indicates.......

• that the material can break down rapidly upon exposure to air

• that contact destroys living tissue as well as equipment

• that the material will catch fire upon exposure to air.