Science Safety

Why are approved eye protection devices (such as goggles) are worn in the lab?

• A. To improve your vision
• B. To make you look like a bug
•  C. To give you headaches
•  D. To protect eyes around chemicals, heat, or glassware

What should you do when gathering materials for an experiment?

•  Read all directions carefully

• Check all materials for chips or cracks (or broken)

• Clean the materials if they seem dirty/used
• Grab as much as you can, as quickly as you can

You have been injured in the lab (cut, burned, etc.) First you should -

• apply first aid yourself
• tell the teacher at once
• see a doctor after school
• visit the school nurse after class

What should you do with chemicals leftover after an experiment?

• Follow the directions of the teacher
• Carefully pour them down the sink
• Throw them into the trash can
• Leave them on the table

Cleaning up the science classroom is the job of -

• each student
• new students
• the teacher
• old students

The most important thing during lab experiments is

• neatness
• finishing first
• safety
• getting the correct answer

You should never ______ chemicals in the lab. 

• taste
• touch
• smell
• use

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

• treat your hands with skin lotion
• wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water
• wipe your hands on a towel
• wipe your hands on your clothes

Always point the open end of a test tube

• toward yourself
• toward your lab partner
• toward another classmate
• away from people

What process to smell chemicals is this person doing

• sniffing 
• snorting 
• wafting 
• wifting