Lab safety Quiz

Before you leave the science room, you should:

• Clean your work area and equipment

• Return all equipment to the proper storage area

• Wash your hands with soap and water

• All of the above

What should you do if you spill a chemical?

• Clean it up really fast and don’t let anyone know

• Notify the students around you

• Notify the teacher

• Both-Notify the students around you & Notify the teacher

The following activity is permitted in the laboratory:

• Chewing gum

• Eating

• Drinking

• None of the above

Helping to clean the lab and equipment is the job of:

• Your lab partner

• Your teacher

• Everyone

• The custodians

You have been injured (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 by yourself

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

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

• Figure it out as you do the lab

• Try several methods until something works

• Ask the instructor before proceeding

• Skip it and go onto the next part

When you must sniff a solution to detect an odor, be sure to:

• Blow your nose before and afterward

• Hold it up to your nostrils and take a deep breath

• Hold it away from your face and waft the odors towards your nose

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is the most important rule for science safety that will be fully enforced?

• Always behave responsibly in the lab

• Be sure to have all of your materials ready

• Make sure your friends are in your group

Playing (as opposed to working) in the science room

• Is encouraged because you learn more

• Is not dangerous

• It's OKAY if you are working too

• Will result in loss of privileges