Lab Safety Test

What should you do before you start lab?

• Read all the procedures
• Make sure your work area is neat
• Get teachers permission
• All of the above

If your lab partner gets chemicals in his/her eyes, the first thing you should do is

• Clean up spilled chemical
• Call 9-11
• Take them to eye wash and tell the teacher immediately
• Make the person sit down to calm their nerves

If you break glassware during a lab you should

• tell the teacher immediately
• Clear people out of the area and leave broken glass for a janitor
• Tell the teacher on the way out of class at the end of the period
• Try to clean it up yourself quickly so you won�t bother anyone

When heating a substance in a test tube, the test tube should be pointed

• Towards you
• Away from you and others
• Away from others
• Towards others and away from you

During the lab it is okay to

• Have a snack
• Drink in lab
• Taste chemicals
• None of the above

Why are safety symbols important?

• So you know wha to do
• They are cool
• They tell you specific dangers
• They tell you how to do an experiment

When should you wear safety goggles?

• When you look in the sun
• When working with chemicals, flames or heating, and glass wear

• Anytime your in lab
• None of the above

If you are using sharp instruments you should always

• Always cut away from yourself on a suitable surface

• Cut objects in your hand
• Cut objects over the sink
• Give objects for someone else to cut

When you are smelling a chemical you should

• Smell it directly
• Waft the odor
• Never smell
• Take a big sniff

You should know the location of

• Fire Extinguisher
• Fire Alarms
• Eye Wash
• All of the above