Lab Safety Quiz

Never do lab work without this person in the lab

• Head of School

• Certified scientist

• Instructor/Teacher

• Peers (Classmates)

Horseplay, practical jokes, or pranks in the science classroom are

• Okay

• Not dangerous

• Always against the rules

• Only okay if you are working alone

When using sharp dissecting tools such as scissors and scalpels, always cut material

• Toward you

• Away from you

• Toward your lab partner

• With a stabbing motion

Before you leave the science room after a lab, you should

• Wash your hands

• Clean your work area and tools

• Return equipment

• All of the above

Which of the following should NOT be worn during a lab

• Lab coat when appropriate

• Goggles when using heat or glassware

• Sandals

• None of the above

Putting hot glassware in cold water may cause this dangerous situation

• Turn it into plastic

• Shatter the glass

• Melt the glass

• Cool it down

If you break some equipment or shatter glassware during a lab, you should

• Just grab a replacement

• Pick it up and throw it out

• Inform the teacher/instructor

• Kick it under your lab partners chair

In performing a dissection, make sure the specimen is pinned down firmly on this

• Lab coat

• Dissection tray

• Science workbook

• All of the above

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

• Figure it out as you go

• Try several methods until something works

• Ask the instructor/teacher

• Skip it and move to the next step

If a fire alarm goes off during a lab, you should immediately do one of the following

• Run for the door

• Hide under the table

• Turn off electrical equipment

• Grab the fire extinguisher

Answer explanation

Per the MPCS Lab Safety Contract, being part of a science lab means unplugging all electrical equipment as a FIRST priority when there is a fire.