Lab Safety

Safety goggles should only be used when working with

• an open flame

• chemicals

• dissecting a specimen

• all the answers are correct

Wash your hands after handling all living organisms.

• True

• False

End of class procedures

• Turn off appliances, water and gas

• Return all materials to the appropriate place.

• Disposal of chemicals as directed by the teacher.

• Clean your area

• Wash your hands

Flammable materials, like alcohol, should never be dispensed or used near

• an open door

• an open flame

• another student

• a sink

Approved eye protection devices (such as goggles) are worn in the laboratory

• to avoid eye strain

• to improve your vision

• only if you don't have corrective glasses

• any time chemicals, heat, or glassware is used

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

• figure it out as you do the lab

• try several methods until something works

• ask the instructor before proceeding

• skip it and go on to the next part

You are heating a piece of glass and now want to pick it up. You should

• use a rag or paper towels

• pick up the end that looks cooler

• use tongs

• pour cold water on it

You have been injured in the laboratory (cut, burn, etc.). First you should

• visit the school nurse after class

• see the doctor after school

• tell the science instructor at once

• apply first aid yourself

Horseplay or practical jokes in the laboratory are

• always against the rules

• okay

• not dangerous

• okay if you are working alone

If a piece of equipment is not working properly, stop, turn it off, and tell

• the custodian

• your lab partner

• your best friend in the class

• the science instructor