Lab Safety

A beaker of an unknown liquid spills during a lab, what do you do?

• Just clean it up myself.

• Tell a teacher so they can safely clean it up.

• Wipe it up with my sleeve.

• Leave it there for the next lab group to clean up.

Your lab partner wants to taste something in your lab that looks yummy, what do you do?

• Let them, what's it going to hurt anyways?

• Join in and taste it.

• Tell them no and alert the teacher.

• Slap it out of their hands.

A lab requires using different liquids that could spill or splash. What safety equipment is necessary? (Select more than one)

• Gloves

• Goggles

• Open-toed shoes

• Apron

A glass beaker breaks during a lab, what should the student do?

• Tell the teacher and they will safely clean it up.

• Pick it up with your hands.

• Sweep it up and then tell the teacher.

• Move it to the side and leave it for the next lab group to clean it up.

A fire happens, what should you do?

• Grab the fire extinguisher and put the fire out. Then tell the teacher.

• Tell the teacher so they can use the fire extinguisher to put the fire out.

• Freak out and throw water on the fire.

• Sit there and watch the fire until it goes out.

Your lab partner wants to try something that is not in the teachers directions. What do you do?

• Freak out and yell at them until they stop.

• Just walk away and let them do whatever they want.

• Tell them no and alert the teacher.

• Who knows, maybe what they want to do will be fun. Let them do it.

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Your lab group is very messy and you are a very clean person. Who is responsible for lab clean up?

• They should all just leave it for the next group to clean.

• The dirty one. They made the mess.

• The clean one, they'll do a better job.

• Everyone in the lab group is responsible.

What length of hair has to be pulled up/back in a ponytail?

• Just the really long hair.

• Any hair that touches or goes past your shoulders.

• All hair lengths.

• No length of hair has to pull it up/back.

Which statement is true?

• You can remove lab equipment from the lab at any time.

• You can hold any animal whenever you want to.

• You can not eat, drink, or chew gum during a lab unless the teacher says you can.

• All materials can go down the sink. It doesn't matter what it is.

What is false about glass? (Choose 2)

• Glassware looks the same when it is hot and cold

• You can pick up all glassware with your bare hands even when it is broken.

• You can just sweep it up if you break it.

• You have to use caution with glass and be aware of its temperature before picking it up.