Lab Safety Rules
  • 1. Goggles are worn during science experiments
A) to avoid eye strain
B) any time chemicals, heat, or sediments are used to protect your eyes
C) to improve vision
D) only if you don't have glasses
  • 2. If you don't understand the directions or part of a lab procedure, you should -
A) skip it and go to the next part
B) figure it out as you do the lab
C) ask the teacher before you start
D) try several methods until something works
  • 3. After completing an experiment, all material waste should be -
A) left at your table for the next class
B) dumped into the sink
C) disposed of according to your teacher's directions
D) taken home
  • 4. You have been injured in the the lab (cut, burned, etc.) First you should -
A) apply first aid yourself
B) see a doctor after school
C) tell the teacher at once
D) visit the school nurse after class
  • 5. When getting glassware and equipment for an experiment, you should -
A) read all directions carefully to know what equipment is needed
B) clean any glassware that looks dirty
C) All of these
D) examine all glassware to check for chips or cracks
  • 6. The following shoes are BEST to wear when doing science labs.
A) open-toed shoes
B) slippers
C) closed-toed shoes
D) sandals
  • 7. Horseplay or practical joking in the lab are -
A) okay if you are working alone
B) Ok
C) not dangerous
D) always against the rules
  • 8. If a piece of equipment is not working you should tell -
A) your best friend in class
B) the custodian
C) your teacher
D) your lab partners
  • 9. Lab aprons are for -
A) wiping your hands
B) the protection of you and your clothing
C) others to put away
D) when you are wearing your best clothes
  • 10. When smelling a liquid you should -
A) nhale deeply
B) waft the odor toward you
C) pour it on the table
D) use a fan
  • 11. Before starting a lab you should...
A) Ask the teacher about any questions you have
B) read all the directions
C) all of these
D) Clear off your table of books, food, and drinks
  • 12. Which of the following is considered safety equipment
A) classroom door B) fire extinguisher
B) all of these
C) fire extinguisher
D) fire blanket
  • 13. When you finish working with lab equipment you should always
A) wash your hands with soap and water
B) wipe your hands with a paper towel
C) treat your hands with skin lotion
D) ipe your hands on your clothes
  • 14. You picked up a dirty test tube with a sticky substance on the outside. You get some of this substance on your hand. What is the first thing you should do?
A) try to figure out what the sticky substance is
B) Wash your hands and tell the teacher
C) wipe your hands on a classmate
D) wipe your hands on your pants
  • 15. You are working on a lab involving heat. Your lab partner accidently drops a glass beaker and it shatters causing a piece of glass to go into their eye. They should have been wearing -
A) Safety glasses
B) Lab coat
C) gloves
D) sun glasses
  • 16. You are doing a lab with your best girl friend when all of a sudden her hair gets caught on the balance scale. She should have -
A) put her hair up in a rubber band
B) worn a hat today
C) skipped the lab
D) gotten a hair cut before class today
  • 17. If you see a fire in an apparatus, or a burning liquid, it is best to put it out with
A) Your coat
B) the fire extinguisher
C) Water from the sink
D) The fire blanket
  • 18. You should prepare for each laboratory activity by reading all the instructions
A) before you start
B) After school
C) Next week
D) while you are working
  • 19. To dispose of chemicals
A) wash them down the sink
B) throw them in the trash
C) follow the instructions of your teacher
D) burn them in a burner
  • 20. Before you touch an electric plug, switch, or outle
A) your hand must be wet
B) ask the custodian
C) ask the nurse.
D) your hands should be dry
  • 21. Always point a test tube
A) toward you and others
B) away from you and toward others
C) toward you and away from others
D) away from you and others
  • 22. When mixing acid and water
A) pour them at the same time
B) pour water into acid
C) let the teacher pour them
D) pour acid into water
  • 23. You can try new experiments even if they are not in the directions as long as you are curious about science.
A) False
B) true
  • 24. Tie back long hair when using chemicals or open flames
A) false
B) true
  • 25. It is ok to leave animals in the lab to move freely
A) true
B) false
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