Review Lab Safety and Life Characteristics

When you finish working with chemicals, biological specimens, and other lab substances, always

• Wash your hands with soap and water
• Wipe your hands on a towel
• Treat your hands with lotion
• Wipe your hands on your clothes

Long hair in the laboratory should always be

• Pulled back

• Always neatly groomed

• Cut short

• Held away from the table with one hand

The following activity is allowed in the science laboratory

• Eating
• Drinking
• Chewing Gum
• None of these are allowed

If you break glass during an experiment, you should

• Have your lab partner clean it
• Clean it up yourself
• Leave it alone
• Tell the teacher

Identify the piece of lab equipment seen in the image.

• Microviewer
• Dissecting Scope
• Microscope
• Electron Imager

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.

Part of lab safety includes reading the lab procedure...

• before doing the lab
• while doing the lab
• after doing the lab
• only if you think you really need it

When in the lab you should wear...

• open-toed shoes.

• sandals.

• closed-toes shoes.

• no shoes.

Living things are made up of units called

• DNA

• Cells

• Homeostasis

• Seeds

A plant growing towards the light is an example of 

• reproduction.
• responding to a stimuli.
• metabolism.
• homeostasis.