Lab Safety Quiz

What should you do with long hair during a lab investigation?

• Keep it clean
• Keep it brushed
• Keep it straight
• Keep it tied back

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 on to the next part.

You have been injured in the laboratory (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.

Horseplay, practical jokes, or pranks in the

classroom are:

• always against the rules.

• okay.

• not dangerous.

• okay if you are working alone.

A student is finished working with chemicals or biological specimens. Which of these is best for the student to do before leaving the laboratory?

• Wipe hands on clothing

• Rinse hands with water

• Treat hands with skin lotion

• Wash hands with soap and water

What should a student do if equipment is not working properly in the laboratory?

• Tell the science teacher

• Continue to try to use it

• Tell you lab partner to fix it

• Find another piece of equipment.

 The following footwear is best in the laboratory. 

• shoes appropriate for the weather
• open-toed shoes
• closed-toed shoes
• sandals

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 is it OK to eat or drink at the lab tables?

• Always
• During group work, but not during lab activities
• Never
• During lab activities

Helping to clean up the lab or classroom is the job of

• old students.
• transfer students.
• each and every student.
• only the teacher.