Lab Safety and Equipment

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

• 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.

Identify the piece of lab equipment seen in the image.

• Erlenmeyer Flask
• Graduated Cylinder
• Beaker
• Test Tube

A beaker is used to measure volume in which metric unit?

• Milliliters (mL)
• Grams (g)
• Meters (m)
• Kilograms (kg)

A thermometer is used to measure temperature in which metric unit?

• Fahrenheit (°F)
• Celcius (°C)
• Kilometers (km)
• Liters (L)

Identify the equipment shown here:

• measuring cylinder
• conical flask
• beaker
• volumetric flask

Identify the equipment shown here:

• beakers

• flasks

• decanters

• graduated cylinders

Name this lab apparatus:

• test tube holder
• tongs
• thermometer
• test tube rack

If you do not understand a direction or part of a laboratory procedure, you should

• Figure it out as you do the lab
• Skip it and go on to the next part.
• Ask the teacher before proceeding.
• Try several methods until something works.

Hot glass and cold glass look exactly the same

• True
• False