Lab Safety

Pre-Lab Safety

100

This should be done to long hair when working with an open flame.

What is tie hair back?

200

This type of shoe should not be worn on lab days.

What are opened-toed shoes?

300

These two items must be worn to protect our clothes and skin.

What are aprons and gloves?

400

These are important to wear to protect our eyes during a lab.

What are safety goggles?

500

Personal eyeglasses provide as much protection as..

a. a face shield

b. safety glasses

c. splashproof chemical goggles

d. none of these

What is none of these?

Classroom Safety Equipment

100

This piece of safety equipment is used to cover someone if their clothing would catch on fire during a lab.

What is a fire blanket?

200

This piece of safety equipment is used only by the teacher in case of a fire during a lab to put out the fire.

What is a fire extinguisher?

300

This piece of safety equipment contains material to treat minor injuries.

What is a first aid kit?

400

This piece of safety equipment is used when debris (small particles) get in your eyes.

What is an eyewash station?

500

This is the first person that should be made aware of any mishaps or accidents during a lab.

What is the teacher?

Good or Bad Behavior in the lab?

100

Student A is using a wafting technique to detect the scent of an unknown liquid substance.

What is a good behavior?

200

Student B is wearing safety goggles and an apron while working with baking soda and vinegar during a lab.

What is good behavior?

300

Student C is wearing goggles and an apron while reaching across a hot plate to unplug it.

What is bad behavior? (no gloves and reaching across the burner)

400

Student D is wearing goggles and gloves while picking up broken glass from a beaker that was dropped on the floor.

What is bad behavior? (Tell the teacher!)

500

Student E sits down at the lab table and immediately begins to read the lab directions and mixing unknown chemicals as indicated by the directions.

What is bad behavior? (The teacher did not tell them to start)

Safety Practices

100

You are heating a piece of glass and now want to pick it up. These are used to pick it up.

What are tongs?

200

Horseplay or practical jokes in the laboratory are...

What is always against the rules?

300

If an acid is splashed on your skin, wash at once using this.

What is plenty of water?

400

You don't finish a lab, you should do this.

What is tell the teacher?

500

You are heating a substance in a test tube, the open end should be pointed..

What is a away from all people?

True or False

100

Hot glass looks the same as cold glass.

What is True?

200

Chipped or cracked glassware is okay to use.

What is a False?

300

Return all unused chemicals to their original containers.

What is False?

400

It's okay to pick up broken glass with your bare hands as long as the glass is placed in the trash.

What is False?

500

All unauthorized experiments are prohibited.

What is True?