Lab Safety Quiz

Flammable materials, such as alcohol, should never be dispensed or used near

• an open door

• an open flame

• another student

• a sink

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

If a fire breaks out in the laboratory, you should immediately

• notify your instructor

• run for the fire extinguisher

• throw water on the fire

• open the windows

Approved eye protection devices (such as safety glasses) are used in the laboratory

• to prevent eye fatigue

• to improve vision

• only if you do not have corrective glasses

• whenever chemicals, heat, or glassware are used

If you wear contact lenses in the school laboratory

• remove them before starting the laboratory

• you do not need to wear safety goggles

• inform your science teacher that you wear contact lenses

• keep the information to yourself

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

• figure it out while doing the lab

• try several methods until something works

• ask the instructor before continuing

• skip it and go to the next part

After completing an experiment, all chemical wastes should be

• left at your lab station for the next class

• disposed of according to your instructor's directions

• poured down the sink

• taken home

If a laboratory experiment is not completed, you should

• discuss the problem with your instructor

• sneak in after school and work alone

• come during lunch and finish while eating

• make up some results

You are heating a substance in a test tube. Always point the open end of the tube

• toward yourself

• toward your lab partner

• toward another classmate

• away from all people

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

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

• use a cloth or paper towels

• pick up the end that looks cooler

• use tongs

• pour cold water on it

You have suffered an injury in the laboratory (cut, burn, etc.). The first thing you should do is

• visit the school nurse after class

• go to the doctor after school

• notify the science instructor immediately

• apply first aid to yourself