Science Safety Quiz

When is it okay to eat or drink in the lab?

• Always

• Never, unless the teacher indicates it.

You are heating a substance in a test tube. Always point the open end of the tube 

• away from all people

• towards another classmate

• towards your lab partner

• towards yourself

Work areas should be kept clean and tidy

• True

• False

You should report accidents to the teacher __.

• after the class has ended

• immediately 

• the next day

• never

Helping to clean the laboratory or classroom is the job of

• old students.

• transfer students.

• each of the students.

• only the professor.

Interrupting other students in the lab with games in the lab is:

• useful.

• allowed

• dangerous.

• the fastest way to get work done.

You should never ______ chemicals in the laboratory. 

• taste

• touch

• smell

• all of the above

You are working in the lab using glassware. Your partner drops a glass beaker and it breaks. A piece of glass gets into their eyes. What should they have been wearing?

• A. Gloves

• B. Sunglasses

• C. Safety glasses

• D. A lab apron

You are in the lab and your partner accidentally gets their hair stuck in a triple beam balance. What should your partner have done?

•   A. Wear a hat in class

•  B. Skip the class

•  C. Cut their hair

• D. Tie up/pull back their hair

Pranks or practical jokes in the lab are...

• always against the rules.

• it's okay.

• are not dangerous.

• it's okay if you're working alone.