Student Lab Safety Contract p1

What is the primary purpose of the Student Lab Safety Contract?

• To ensure students understand and follow safety rules

• To provide a list of lab equipment

• To outline the grading criteria for lab work

• To schedule lab sessions

T/F? If you don't understand a direction, you should always ask questions before proceeding with the task.

• True

• False

T/F? You must wear goggles during lab experiments unless they are uncomfortable.

• True

• False

When a piece of equipment is not working properly, stop, turn it off, and tell your best friend in the class.

• True

• False (tell the teacher)

When you are done 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.

All chemical wastes after an experiment should be...

• dumped in the sink.

• disposed according to your teachers instructions.

• taken home.

• left for someone else to clean up.

What should you do if you are prepared for your work in the laboratory?

• Read all procedures thoroughly

• Start working immediately

• Ask a friend for help

• Ignore the instructions

What should students do when handling glassware?

• Handle broken glass with bare hands

• Carry glass tubing in a horizontal position

• Insert and remove glass tubing without lubrication

• Examine glassware before each use

Check the correct ways to smell an unknown substance. Select all that apply.

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Barbie is heating up a solution in a test tube. Which picture shows the correct way to place her test tube?

• Test Tube pointing towards herself

• Test Tube pointing away from her