Safety Quiz 2023

If a fire erupts, immediately

• notify the teacher.

• run for the fire extinguisher

• .throw water on the fire

• open the windows.

Approved eye protection devices (such as

goggles) are worn in the laboratory

• to avoid eye strain

• to improve your vision

• only if you do not have corrective glasses

• any time chemicals, heat, or glassware are

  used

If you do not understand a direction or part

of a laboratory procedure, you should

• figure it out as you do the lab

• try several methods until something

  works

• ask the teacher before proceeding

• skip it and go on to the next part

You have been injured in the laboratory (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 yourself

Long hair in the laboratory must be

• cut short

• held away from the experiment with one

  hand

• always neatly groomed

• tied back or kept entirely out of the way

  with a hair band, etc

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

Which of the following should NOT be worn

during a laboratory activity?

• A. loose clothing

• B. dangling jewelry

• C. sandals

• D. All of the above.

Horseplay, practical jokes, or pranks in the

classroom are

• A. always against the rules.

• B. okay.

• C. not dangerous.

• D. okay if you are working alone.

If a piece of equipment is not working

properly, stop, turn it off, and tell

• A. the principal.

• B. your lab partner.

• C. your best friend in the class.

• D. the teacher.

When you finish working with chemicals,

biological specimens, and other lab

substances, always

• A. treat your hands with skin lotion.

• B. wash your hands thoroughly with soap

  and water.

• C. wipe your hands on a towel.

• D. wipe your hands on your clothes.