Agricultrual Science Safety Test

If a laboratory fire erupts, immediately

• notify your instructor

• run for the fire extinguisher

• throw water on the fire

•  open the windows

Approved eye protection devices

• to avoid eye strain

• to improve your vision

• only if you don’t have corrective glasses

• any time a laboratory being conducted requires eye protection

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

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

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 instructor at once so you may go to the nurse

• apply first aid yourself

Long hair in the laboratory must be

• cut short

• held away from the experiment with one hand

• always neatly groomed

• tied back or kept entirely out of the way with a hair band, hairpins, or other confining device.

In a laboratory, the following should not be worn.

•  loose clothing

• dangling jewelry

• sandals

• all of the above

The following footwear is required in the laboratory.

• sandals

• open-toed shoes

• closed heel and toed shoes

• shoes appropriate for the weather

Horseplay or practical jokes in the laboratory are

• always against the rules

•  okay

•  not dangerous

• okay if you are working alone

If a piece of equipment is not working properly, stop, turn it off, and tell

•  the custodian

• your lab partner

• your best friend in the class

• the instructor