Lab Safety Quiz - Missed Questions

You have looked up the hazards of the chemicals you will be using in a particular lab and found they require you to avoid skin contact. The safety equipment needed for this lab include

• no special equipment

• safety goggles and gloves

• long pants, closed-toe shoes, and an apron

• equipment listed in both b and c

The following hazard waste symbol informs you that a chemical is

• an oxidizer and can release large amounts of heat when it comes into contact with other surfaces

• flammable and can catch fire if near a heat source

• harmful and can be dangerous in some way

• corrosive and could burn or destroy living tissue

This piece of lab equipment is a(n)

• stir rod

• thermometer

• fling striker

• forceps

This piece of lab equipment is a(n)

• graduated cylinder

• beaker

• pipette

• Erlenmeyer flask

Approved eye protection devices (such as goggles) are worn in the laboratory

• to improve your vision

• to avoid eye strain

• any time you are working in the lab

• only if you don't have corrective glasses

If you break a piece of glassware or other equipment, tell the teacher

• so she can chew you up and spit you out

• at clean up time

• when you get a chance

• at once