Lab Safety Quiz

Jasmine has long hair and is wearing a pair of dangling earrings. She is preparing to complete a lab activity with her group in class. As she gets ready for lab, what precautions should she take?

• Gather her material

• Take off her earrings and tie back her hair

• Clean her area

• Make sure she gets along with her lab partner

When you finish working with lab materials, always

• Wipe your hands on a towel

• Treat your hands with skin lotion

• Wipe your hands on your clothes

• Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water

Part of lab safety includes reading the lab procedure… (pick one)

• Before doing the lab

• While doing the lab

• After doing the lab

• Before the lab and review during the lab as needed.

You have been injured in the laboratory (cut,

burned, etc.). FIRST you should:

• visit the school nurse.

• see a doctor after school.

• tell the teacher at once.

• apply first aid yourself.

Horseplay, practical jokes, or pranks in the

lab classroom are

• NEVER allowed

• okay.

• not dangerous.

• okay if you are working alone.

After completing an experiment, all chemical wastes should be

• left at your lab station for the next class.

• disposed of according to your teacher’s directions.

• dumped in the sink.

• taken home

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

When is it OK to eat or drink at the lab tables?

• Always
• During group work, but not during lab activities
• Never
• During lab activities

 The following footwear is best in the laboratory. 

• any type of shoes

• open-toed shoes
• closed-toed shoes
• sandals

You are smelling a substance in a test tube. Always ...

• Put your nose above the opening of the test tube and smell it

• waft by pushing the air above the test tube towards your teacher

• waft by pushing the air above the test tube away from your nose

• waft by waving the air above the test tube towards your nose

Whose responsibility is it to help clean up the lab and classroom?

• 1st period, the next morning

• custodians.

• each and every student.

• only the teacher.