Science Safety Rules

What do you put on your eyes when doing science experiment or working with chemicals?

• Lab goggles

• Swimming Goggles

• Sunglasses

• Safety Goggles

Answer explanation

If you do not wear safety goggle you could get chemicals in your eyes which could cause minor to major injuries. Safety over looks in science.

What do you do if you drop something and it shatters on the floor?

• Pick it up with your hands and throw it in the trash

• Start screaming and freaking out

• Get a dustpan and put the glass in using a broom and throw it away

• Tell your teacher, get a dustpan and broom and sweep the glass in and throw it away

Answer explanation

You should never use your hand to clean up sharp objects or chemicals and use things like a dustpan and broom which are in the corner of our room by the door.

Keep your hair ____ ____

Answer explanation

Keep you hair tied back so it does not go in any chemicals or on heated things like a Bunsen burner.

Place the following in the right order(You came to class to do a experiment)

• listen to the teacher instructions

• Do the work on the experiment

• Mix your chemicals together and see what happens

• Walk to your table and sit down

Answer explanation

If you do not listen to what the teacher is saying the experiment could not work or maybe you could get hurt.

Throw the chemicals away in the​ designated (a)  

• Disposal area
• Box
• Corner
• Sink

Answer explanation

If you dump leftover chemicals into the sink or other incorrect places it can cause damage to the lab you are in.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Good

,

(b) Bad

• pants

• long sleeves

• Tank top

• Closed toe shoes
• Sunglasses

• Crocs

• shorts

Are you allowed to play in a lab?

• If the teachers not there

• No

• Yes

• As long as your away from chemicals

Answer explanation

If you are play or goofing around a a lab you could get hurt from lab equipment around the room or other things.

Is it unsafe to leave a Bunsen burner or hot plate on unattended?

• The flame/heat could cause a fire or injure someone else

• Its not unsafe because it turns off after a few minutes

• The flame/heat is not enough to start a fire

• They are safe if there are no flammable materials around them

Answer explanation

They are very dangerous to keep on unattended because they can cause people to burn them selves or chemicals reactions if chemicals fall on them. For example if you went to the teacher to ask a question and your friend came looking for a pencil he could touch it and get burned.

How do you smell a chemical correctly

• Go above the chemical and smell it

• Put it onto your hand and then smell your hand

• Keep it down and waft the smell towards your nose to smell it

• Pour it onto your table and then smell it

Answer explanation

It is important to waft it towards your nose because you can control how much you smell which helps not irritation or harm.

Where in the room is the safety equipment located?(In this room)

• By the door

• outside the door

• The front left of the room.

• We don't have any equipment.

Answer explanation

It is important to know where the safety equipment is so in case of a emergency.