Lab Safety Quiz

If a fire erupts, immediately...

• notify the teacher

• run for the fire extinguisher

• throw water on the fire

• open the windows

Approved eye protection devices (such as goggles) are worn during labs

• to improve your vision

• to improve you vision

• only if you do not have corrective glasses

• anytime heat, chemicals, or glassware are used

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

• figure it out as you do the lab

• try several methods until something works

• ask the teacher before proceeding

• skip it and go onto the next part

After completing an experiment, all chemical wastes should be

• left at your lab station for the next class

• disposed of according to your teacher's directions

• dumped in the sink

• taken home.

You have been injured during a lab (cut, burned, etc.). First you should

• visit the school nurse after class

• see a doctor after school

• tell the teacher at once

• apply first aid yourself

If you have long hair, during a lab you should

• cut it short

• hold your hair away from the experiment with one hand

• keep it neatly groomed

• have it tied back and kept entirely out of the way with a hair band, etc.

Which of the following should NOT be worn during a lab activity?

• very loose clothing

• dangling jewelry

• sandals

• all of these should not be worn

Horseplay, practical jokes, or pranks in the classroom are

• always against the rules

• okay

• not dangerous

• okay if you are working alone

When handling animals, students should

• open cages only with permission

• not tease or handle animals roughly

• report bites or scratches to the teacher

• do all of these

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

• the principal

• your lab partner

• your best friend in the class

• the teacher