D5 Middle School Lab Safety Test

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 in the laboratory

• to avoid eye strain.

• to improve your vision.

• only if you do not have corrective glasses.

• any time chemicals, heat, 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 on to the next part.

You have been injured in the laboratory (cut, burn, etc.) First you should

• visit the school nurse after class.

• see a doctor after school.

• tell the teacher immediately.

• apply first aid yourself.

Long hair in the laboratory must be

• cut short.

• held away from the experiment with one hand.

• always neatly groomed.

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

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY! Which of the following should NOT be worn during a laboratory activity?

• loose clothing

• dangling jewelry

• sandals

• goggles

Horseplay, practical jokes, or pranks in the lab 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 immediately.

• 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.

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.