Lab Safety Test

Flammable materials, like alcohol, should never be dispensed or used near

• a door

• Open Flame

• another student

• a sink

If a laboratory fire erupts, immediately

• Tell the teacher

• Get fire extinguisher

• throw water on fire

• open windows

Approved eye protection devices (such as goggles) are worn in the laboratory

• any time chemicals or glass are used

• to improve your vision

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

• try several methods until something works.

• ask the instructor before proceeding.

• skip it and go on to the next part.

After completing an experiment, all chemical wastes should be

• taken home

• dumped in the sink.

• disposed of according to your instructor’s directions.

If a lab experiment is not completed, you should

• talk with teacher

• make up random answers

• sneak in after school

You are heating a piece of glass and now want to pick it up. You should

• use a rag or paper towels

• pour cold water on it

• use tongs.

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

• Tell teacher

• go to emergency room

• school nurse

Personal eyeglasses provide as much protection as

• safety glasses

• face shield

• goggles

• none of these

Long hair in the laboratory must be

• tied back or kept entirely out of the way

• cut off