Britton's Lab Safety quiz

What should you do if you break glass in the lab?

• Tell the teacher immediately.

• Sweep up the glass.

• Pick up the glass with your hands.

• Ignore it; the teacher will clean it up when she sees it later.

Before finishing the lab you should always wash your hands with soap and water before you take off your goggles.

• True

• False

It's fine to smell chemicals directly from their containers. Nothing will happen to you.

• True

• False

You should never ______ chemicals in the lab. 

• taste
• touch
• smell
• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

If you are not sure what to do during a lab activity:

• guess
• change lab partners
• ask a teacher
• just sit quietly and do nothing

Keeping your work area neat and clean is important because:

• My teacher is a neat-freak
• I won't lose my supplies in the clutter.
• It keeps the room from looking messy.
• It helps prevent accidents.

Disrupting other students in the laboratory with horseplay in the lab is:

• helpful.
• allowed
• dangerous.
• the quickest way to do a job.

You should report accidents to the teacher __.

• after the class is over
• immediately 
• the following day
• never

Which of the following are examples of dressing appropriately in the lab?

• Pulling long hair back

• Leaving long hair down to get in the chemicals.

• Wearing sandals

• Wearing goggles always

• Closed toe shoes

The lab equipment seen in the image should be worn during a lab investigation when...

• using glassware.
• using chemicals.
• using heat/fire.
• using any of the above.