Lab Safety Quiz Modified Flinn

1. If a fire erupts, immediately

• A. notify the teacher.
• B. run for the fire extinguisher.
• C. throw water on the fire.

2. Approved eye protection devices (such as goggles are worn in the laboratory

• A. to avoid eye strain.
• B. to improve your vision.
• C. any time chemicals, heat, or glassware are used.

3. If you do not understand a direction or part of a laboratory procedure, you should

• A. figure it out as you do the lab.
• B. ask the teacher before proceeding.
• C. skip it and go on to the next part.

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

• A. left at your lab station for the next class.
• B. disposed of according to your teacher’s directions.
• C. dumped in the sink.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

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

• A. visit the school nurse after class.
• B. see a doctor after school.
• C. tell the teacher at once.

6. Long hair in the laboratory must be

• A. cut short.
• B. tied back or kept entirely out of the way with a hair band, etc.
• C. held away from the experiment with one hand.

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

• A. loose clothing & sandals
• B. dangling jewelry
• C. Both A & B

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

• A. always against the rules, and will get me removed from the room.
• B. okay
• C. not dangerous

9. When handling animals, students should

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

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

• A. the teacher.
• B. your lab partner.
• C. the principal