Lab Safety and Equipment

Pre-Lab Safety

100

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

What is tie hair back?

200

This is when you can eat in the lab.

What is never?

300

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

What are opened-toed shoes?

400

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

What are safety goggles?

500

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

What are aprons and gloves?

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 is used when you spill a large amount of chemical on yourself.

What is the safety shower?

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 returns unused chemicals to their original container.

What is a bad 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 spills acid on their hands and washes them with soap. 

What is bad behavior?

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)

Lab Equipment

100

This piece of lab equipment is used to measure volume of liquids during a lab.

What is a graduated cylinder?

200

This piece of lab equipment is used to measure mass.

What is a scale or balance?

300

This piece of lab equipment is used to observe. It has a clear bottom and a clear lid.

What is a Petri Dish?

400

This piece of equipment is used to heat a liquid.

What is a hot plate?

500

This material is often used to make equipment to contain liquids.  It looks the same if it is hot or cold.

What is glass?

Science Trivia

100

The smallest unit of life.

What is a cell?

200

This process is used by plants to make their own glucose.

What is photosynthesis?

300

These are the three parts of an atom.

What are protons, neutrons, and electrons?

400

This substance makes up about 60% of an adult human.

What is water?

500

Which invasive species of spider has moved into Maryland and can make webs up to 10 feet in diameter?

What is the joro spider?