Lab Safety Quiz

If a fire erupts (starts), immediately

• notify the teacher.
• run for the fire extinguisher.
• throw water on the fire.
• open the windows.

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

• to avoid eye strain.
• to improve your vision.
• only if you do not have corrective glasses.
• any time chemicals, heat, or glassware are used.

You have been injured in the laboratory (cut, burned, etc.)

• visit the school nurse after class.
• see a doctor after school.
• tell the teacher right away.
• apply first aid yourself.

If you do not understand a direction or part of a laboratory procedure, you should

• figure it out as you do the lab.
• try several methods until something works.
• ask the teacher before proceeding (continuing).
• skip it and go on to the next part.

After completing an experiment, all wastes should be

• left at your lab station for the next class.
• disposed of according to your teacher's directions.
• dumped in the sink.
• taken home.

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, etc.

Which of the following should NOT be worn during a laboratory activity?

• loose clothing
• dangling jewelry
• sandals
• all of the above

Horseplay, practical jokes, or pranks in the classroom 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 principal.
• our lab partner.
• your best friend in class.
• the teacher.

The following activity is permitted (allowed) in the laboratory:

• chewing gum
• eating, drinking
• makeup
• none of the above