WorksheetsLab Safety & Equipment
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
In your opinion, which of the following is the MOST important laboratory safety rule?
Always listen to teacher instructions
Always wear safety glasses and a lab coat
Always tie up long hair and remove dangly jewellery
Never taste or smell chemicals
Never run or push others
If you spill a chemical or break a piece of equipment you should:
Clean it up
Cover it up
Tell someone else to clean it up
Immediately tell the teacher
Whose is responsible for cleaning up after an experiment?
Me
My lab partner
The lab tech
The teacher
What is the last thing you should do before leaving the lab?
Read directions
Eat a snack
Wash your hands
Clean up
Which piece of stationary should NOT be used when completing a scientific drawing?
Pencil
Pen
Ruler
Eraser
What is this?
A conical flask
A test tube
A beaker
A glass
What is it used for?
Heating & holding substances
Heating & measuring substances
Holding & measuring substances
Heating, holding & measuring substances
What are these?
Conical flasks
Test tubes
Beaker
Measuring cylinders
What is this used for?
Heating test tubes
Measuring the size of test tubes
Holding test tubes
Stopping test tubes leaping from work benches and shattering on the ground
What is this?
A spoon
A spatula
A stirrer
A thermometer
What is this used for?
Measuring the temperature of a substance
Measuring the temperature of a classmate
Stirring solutions
Transferring substances
What is this?
A fire starter
A Beaker heater
A Bronson burner
A Bunsen burner
What is this used for?
Heating substances
Boiling water
Cooking marshmallows
Entertainment
What is this & what is it used for?
A retort stand, for holding equipment above a flame
A retort stand, for holding your book while you record you results
A tripod, for holding equipment above a flame
A tripod, for holding your book while you record you results
What are these used for?
Plucking your eyebrows
Holding beakers (especially when they are hot!)
Holding test tubes (especially when they are hot!)
Cutting up substances
What is this?
A measuring cylinder
A conical flask
A test tube
A beaker
To be read accurately, a measuring cylinder must be:
Placed on a flat surface
Read from eye-level
Measured from the bottom of the meniscus
All of the above
What is this?
A contact lens
A conical flask
An evaporating dish
A watch glass
Which piece of equipment would you use to heat 100mL of water over a Bunsen burner?
Watch glass
Beaker
Conical flask
Test tube
Which piece of equipment would you use to melt an ice cube over a Bunsen burner?
Watch glass
Beaker
Conical flask
Test tube
