Lab Safety Quiz

What should you do if you break glass in the lab?

• Tell the teacher.
• Sweep up the glass.
• Pick up the glass with your hands.
• Ignore it; the teacher will clean it up when she sees it later.

Part of lab safety includes reading the lab procedure...

• before doing the lab
• while doing the lab
• after doing the lab
• only if you think you really need it

When in the lab...

• Long sleeves and loose clothing should be rolled up

• Gloves should be worn, if necessary

• Long hair should be pulled back

• all of the above

You are smelling a substance in a test tube. Always ...

• Put your nose above the opening of the test tube and smell it

• waft by pushing the air above the test tube towards your teacher

• waft by pushing the air above the test tube away from your nose

• waft by waving the air above the test tube towards your nose

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

• visit school nurse

• text your parent

• see a doctor after school

• tell teacher immediately

Know the ________________ all safety equipment.

• manufacturer of

• location and how to operate

• expiration date for

• materials used in

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

• dumped in the sink

• taken home

Which of the following should never be done a lab?

• Bring backpack

• Eat food

• All of these

• Run around

Horseplay or practical jokes in the laboratory are

• always against the rules

• OK

• Acceptable if you are working alone

• Not a big problem as long as there are no injuries

You should never ______ chemicals in the lab. 

• taste

• touch

• smell

• all of the above