Lab Safety Review

If you cut yourself on glassware in the science lab, what should you do first?

• Find a bandaid

• Go to the nurse's office

• Call 911

• Tell your science teacher

Horseplay in the science lab is never okay.

• True

• False

What should you do if you don't understand the directions in the lab?

• Try several methods

• Skip that part

• Ask the teacher before proceeding

Flammable materials (items that can easily catch on fire) should not be used near

• another student.

• an open flame.

• the sink.

What should you do when you are finished working in the lab?

• Eat your lunch

• Take a break

• Wash your hands

When would you waft in the lab?

• When the teacher asks you to smell a chemical

• when pouring a chemical

• when heating a chemical

The most accurate container used to measure the volume of a liquid:

• beaker

• Erlenmeyer flask

• graduated cylinder

• dropper

Used to measure the mass of an object

• balance

• pipette

• Flask

• thermometer

Used to transfer small amounts of powdered chemicals:

• dropper

• spatula

• Erlenmeyer flas

Used to crush solids into a powder

• mortar and pestle

• dropper

• test tube rack

• beaker