Middle School Safety Test

1. If a fire erupts, immediately _____

• notify the teacher.
• run for the fire extinguisher.
• throw water on the fire.
• open the windows.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. After completing an experiment, all chemical wastes should be _____

• left at your lab station for the next class.
• disposed of according to your teacher's directions.
• dumped in the sink.
• taken home.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Which of the following should not be worn during a laboratory activity?

• loose clothing.
• dangling jewelry.
• sandals.
• All of the above.

8. Horseplay, practical jokes, or pranks in the classroom are _____

• always against the rules.
• okay.
• not dangerous.
• okay if you are working alone.

9. When handling animals, students should _____

• open cages only with permission.
• not tease or handle animals roughly.
• report bites or scratches to the teacher immediately.
• All of the above.

10. If a piece of equipment is not working properly, stop, turn it off, and tell _____

• the principal.
• your lab partner.
• your best friend in the class.
• the teacher.