Lab Safety

Long hair must be secured to the back of your head.

True

False

What should you maintain in your lab work area?

A messy work space.

Lots of food and drink

Chemicals spread all around you.

A clean and tidy work space.

If you are heating a liquid, what should you NEVER do?

Heat the liquid in a closed container.

Heat the liquid in an open container.

Add boiling chips to the container.

All of these.

3. When using razor blades, scalpels, or scissors, NEVER cut

A. On a 90° angle

B. Toward you

C. Away from you

D. A dead frog

To dispose of chemicals

A. Follow the instructions of your teacher

B. Burn them in a burner

C. Throw them in the trash

D. Wash them down the sink

If you come into class with gum or candy

A. Offer some to the teacher

B. Spit it out after the lab is over

C. Spit it out before the lab begins

D. Wait until the teacher calls on you

If you spill any material, quickly clean it up with a cloth before the teacher can see that you spilled it.

True

False

When should eye protection be worn?

anytime a lab is being done

Whenever you feel like it

When your eye is itching

When you wear glasses

Can the temperature of glass be seen?

Yes, obviously duh!

No hot and cold have the same appearance

Yes hot is red and cold is blue

Temperature can only be seen by the teacher

If acid splashes on your skin, what should you do?

Flush with water for 40 min

Flush with water for 30 min

Flush with water for 11 min

Flush with water for 20 min

What is the proper way to use a pipette

By the mouth of the pipette

rubber bulb or pump, not by mouth

Holding it upside down

Holding it by the tip

How should broken glass be picked up? Where does it go?

By the hand with gloves on, goes in the sink

Pick up with fingers, placed on top of the table

With broom and dust pan, placed in designated glass disposal container

Don't pick it up, leave it there

Why is it not a good idea to bring food or drink into the laboratory

The food goes in the lab experiments

You think food is better than lab safety

The lab chemicals go in the food that can harm you

You can eat it whenever you want even in the lab

What should you do if a piece of equipment is not working properly?

Try to fix it

Leave it there and go get another one

Report to the teacher, don't use if it is damaged

Keep using it

All chemicals in the lab are to be considered

Awesome

Experimental

Dangerous

Kid safe

What guidelines should be followed when dealing with sharp objects

Carry tip upward

Carry tips down by handle

However you want, if the teacher tells you

With gloves

What should you do if you do not finish your lab?

Take it home and finish it

Don't tell the teacher and act like you are done

Tell the teacher, and never complete the lab without the instructor

Stay late when everyone is gone and try to finish it alone

What type of clothing and footwear should be worn in the laboratory?

Goggles

Closed toe shoes

Aprons

All the above

What should you do if you wear contacts?

Keep wearing them and do the lab

Tell the instructor and take it off with permisson

Take them off without the teacher knowing and wear goggles

Wear goggles to cover the lenses

What should you do if a laboratory fire erupts?

Tell the instructor and notify others

Get yourself out first, care about your safety not others

Don't tell the instructor and get a fire extinguisher and try to make the fire go away

Run out as soon as possible and pull the fire alarm without the teachers permission

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