Lab Safety Quiz

1. If a laboratory fire erupts, immediately

• notify your instructor
• run for the fire extinguisher
• throw water on the fire
• open the windows.

2. Safety 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 glasswear are used.

3. If you wear contact lenses in the school laboratory,

• take them out while doing the lab.
• you do not have to wear protective goggles.
• advise your science instructor that you wear contact lenses.
• keep the information to yourself.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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

8. 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 to yourself.

9. 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.

10. Personal eyeglasses provide as much protection as

• a face shield.
• safety glasses.
• splashproof chemical goggles.
• none of the above.