Lab Safety Quiz

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

• An Electrical Outlet

• An Open Flame

• Another Student

• A Sink

After completing an experiment, all chemical wastes should be –

• disposed of according to the teachers instructions

• left at your lab station for the next class

• dumped in the sink

• taken home

Long Hair in the laboratory, must be

• cut short

• held away from experiment with one hand

• always neatly groomed

• tied back

The following footwear is best for the laboratory

• sandals

• open toed shoes

• closed toe shoes

• shoes appropriate for the weather

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

• Use a rag or paper towels to hold it

• Pick up the end that looks cooler

• Use tongs

• Pour cold water on it

You have been injured in the laboratory, you must first

• tell your teacher

• visit school nurse before end of the day

• see a doctor after school

• apply first aid

Lab safety goggles are worn in the laboratory –

• To avoid eye strain

• To improve your vision

• Only if you don’t have glasses on

• Anytime you are instructed to do so

Food and drink in the lab are acceptable –

• Only when they are part of the laboratory experiment approved by your teacher

• If you have lunch 6th period

• If you missed breakfast that day

• If the chemicals aren’t considered dangerous

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

• figure it out as you do the lab

• ask the teacher before proceeding

• try several methods and see which works best

• skip that section and move on to the next part

Return all unused chemicals from your beakers back into their original containers.

• True

• False