Flinn Lab Safety Quiz PHS

Flammable materials, like alcohol, should never be

dispensed or used near

• an open door

• an open flame.

• another student.

• a sink.

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If a laboratory fire erupts, immediately

• notify your instructor.

• 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 don’t have corrective glasses.

• any time chemicals, heat or glassware are used.

If you do not understand a direction or part of a lab

procedure, you should

• figure it out as you do the lab.

• try several methods until something works.

• ask the instructor before proceeding.

• skip it and go on 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

• dumped in the sink.

• taken home.

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If a lab experiment is not completed, you should

• discuss the issue with your instructor.

• sneak in after school and work alone.

• come in during lunch and finish while eating lunch.

• 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.

You have been injured in the laboratory (cut, burn,

etc.). First you should

• visit the school nurse after class.

• see a doctor after school.

• tell the science instructor at once.

• apply first aid yourself.

When gathering glassware and equipment for an

experiment, you should

• read all directions carefully to know what

  equipment is necessary.

• examine all glassware to check for chips or cracks.

• clean any glassware that appears dirty.

• All of the above.

Personal eyeglasses provide as much protection as

• a face shield.

• safety glasses.

• splashproof chemical goggles.

• none of the above.