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Lab Safety Rules
Contributed by: Shaik
  • 1. Goggles are worn during science experiments
A) any time chemicals, heat, or sediments are used to protect your eyes
B) only if you don't have glasses
C) to improve vision
D) to avoid eye strain
  • 2. If you don't understand the directions or part of a lab procedure, you should -
A) ask the teacher before you start
B) figure it out as you do the lab
C) try several methods until something works
D) skip it and go to the next part
  • 3. After completing an experiment, all material waste should be -
A) left at your table for the next class
B) disposed of according to your teacher's directions
C) taken home
D) dumped into the sink
  • 4. You have been injured in the the lab (cut, burned, etc.) First you should -
A) tell the teacher at once
B) visit the school nurse after class
C) see a doctor after school
D) apply first aid yourself
  • 5. When getting glassware and equipment for an experiment, you should -
A) examine all glassware to check for chips or cracks
B) All of these
C) read all directions carefully to know what equipment is needed
D) clean any glassware that looks dirty
  • 6. The following shoes are BEST to wear when doing science labs.
A) open-toed shoes
B) slippers
C) sandals
D) closed-toed shoes
  • 7. Horseplay or practical joking in the lab are -
A) not dangerous
B) always against the rules
C) Ok
D) okay if you are working alone
  • 8. If a piece of equipment is not working you should tell -
A) your lab partners
B) your teacher
C) the custodian
D) your best friend in class
  • 9. Lab aprons are for -
A) others to put away
B) when you are wearing your best clothes
C) the protection of you and your clothing
D) wiping your hands
  • 10. When smelling a liquid you should -
A) waft the odor toward you
B) pour it on the table
C) nhale deeply
D) use a fan
  • 11. Before starting a lab you should...
A) all of these
B) Ask the teacher about any questions you have
C) read all the directions
D) Clear off your table of books, food, and drinks
  • 12. Which of the following is considered safety equipment
A) fire blanket
B) all of these
C) fire extinguisher
D) classroom door B) fire extinguisher
  • 13. When you finish working with lab equipment you should always
A) wash your hands with soap and water
B) treat your hands with skin lotion
C) ipe your hands on your clothes
D) wipe your hands with a paper towel
  • 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) worn a hat today
B) skipped the lab
C) gotten a hair cut before class today
D) put her hair up in a rubber band
  • 17. If you see a fire in an apparatus, or a burning liquid, it is best to put it out with
A) Water from the sink
B) the fire extinguisher
C) Your coat
D) The fire blanket
  • 18. You should prepare for each laboratory activity by reading all the instructions
A) Next week
B) After school
C) before you start
D) while you are working
  • 19. To dispose of chemicals
A) wash them down the sink
B) follow the instructions of your teacher
C) burn them in a burner
D) throw them in the trash
  • 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) away from you and others
B) away from you and toward others
C) toward you and others
D) toward you and away from others
  • 22. When mixing acid and water
A) pour acid into water
B) let the teacher pour them
C) pour water into acid
D) pour them at the same time
  • 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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