Science Lab Safety

Why are approved eye protection devices (such as goggles) worn in the lab?

• A. To improve your vision
• B. To make you look like a bug
•  C. To give you headaches
•  D. To protect eyes around chemicals, heat, or glassware

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

• apply first aid yourself
• tell the teacher at once
• see a doctor after school
• visit the school nurse after class

What should you do with chemicals leftover after an experiment?

• Follow the directions of the teacher
• Carefully pour them down the sink
• Throw them into the trash can
• Leave them on the table

Cleaning up the science classroom is the job of -

• each student
• new students
• the teacher
• old students

The most important thing during lab experiments is

• neatness
• finishing first
• safety
• getting the correct answer

When you finish working with chemicals, biological specimens, and other lab substances, always -

• treat your hands with skin lotion
• wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water
• wipe your hands on a towel
• wipe your hands on your clothes

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

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.

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

• loose clothing

• dangling jewelry

• sandals

• all of the above

Horseplay, practical jokes, or pranks in the lab are

• always against the rules

• okay

• not dangerous

• okay if you are working alone