General Lab Safety
Health & Hygiene
Clean Up
Chemicals and Specimens
Equipment
100

When should safety goggles be worn in science lab?

Always, if directed.

100

When should your tell the teacher you have any allergies?

At the beginning of the year AND remind them at the beginning of a lab where you may be exposed.

100

What should you do after you finish any kind of lab or activity?

Listen to clean up instructions, put all materials back, and re-set the lab for the next period.

100

If a strong acid or base gets on your skin, what should you do?

Tell the Teacher!! It needs to be neutralized and washed off. In serious cases, the emergency shower may be used.
100

What should you use when handling hot objects?

Use caution, and protective hand coverings.

200

True or False: 

You are allowed to eat and drink in the science lab.

False

200

When completing an outdoor lab you should do this before you return inside?

Make sure you remembered all of your equipment.

200

What should you do when you see broken glass?

Tell the teacher! Then use a broom and dust pan to sweep up the shards into the broken glass container.

200

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!

A stock solution can be contaminated by…

- unwashed utensils/items.

- pouring used solution back into the bottle.

- pour unknown liquids into the bottle.

200

Before using any electrical equipment, you should…

- Make sure the wires aren't frayed.

- There is no water nearby.

- You are not going to overload the breaker.

300

What should you do in something seems unsafe in the science lab

Tell the Teacher

300

True or False: Contact lenses may be worn in place of safety goggles

FALSE!!

300

If there is a spill in the lab, what should you do?

Tell the teacher! Then clean up the spill, if it's safe to do so.

300

How do most eye burns happen?

While cleaning up.

300

How should you check to see if something is hot?

Feel the air around the object.

400

What should you do when your teacher asks for your attention during a lab?

Give it immediatly

400

What should you do with your long hair during a lab?

pull it back.

400

Where should backpacks and books be kept?

They stay in the classroom.

400

If we are performing a dissection, what do you think we should do with the remains?

Dispose of them as instructed. NOT in the classroom/lab trash.

400

What should you do with a scalpel after you are done using it?

Wash it CAREFULLY and return it to the dissection kit.

500

When testing for odors you should…*you must demonstrate

Waft!

500

If you get any kind of chemical in your eye, what should you do?

Wash out your eyes for at least 10 minutes in the eye wash station.

500

When may you dump solid waste or broken glass down the drain?

N.E.V.E.R!!

500

When handling specimen jars, what should you NOT do?

Varies:)

500

Where should you point a test tube that is being heated?

Away from yourself and all others.

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