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Common Sense Lab Safety
Chemical hygeine (Safe use of chemicals)
Clean up
Chemicals
Lab accidents
100

This is when it's appropriate to wear safety glasses during a lab

What is:

-whenever the teacher or directions instruct you to wear them

-whenever there is heat, glassware, or chemicals in use

-always

100

This practice makes it much safer to eat or touch your eyes after you have completed a lab activity

What is washing your hands?

100
you should do this after you are finished with a lab
What is clean the lab station
100
If a strong acid or base gets on your skin you should you should do this
What isrinse with plenty of running water
100
You should use these when handling hot objects
What are hot hands or tongs
200

This is when it is permitted to have food or drinks out on a table during a laboratory activity

What is never

200

This is what should be done when you have long hair and are performing a lab activity?

What is tie it up and/or back?

200
Broken glass should be
What is picked up by the teacher and placed in a special container
200
a stock solution can be contaminated by
What is pouring chemicals back into the original bottle,exchanging droppers between bottles, or placing stoppers on the lab table
200
Before using any electrical equipment you should
What is check the cord for frayed wires
300

This is the first thing that should happen whenever you sense that any unsafe situation is developing (ex: you smell something burning unexpectedly, you see electrical sparks, there is broken glassware)

What is let your teacher know immediately?

300
This is when contact lenses or eyeglasses can be used in place of safety glasses

What is never?

300
If there in a spill in the lab you should
What is tell the teacher and clean up the spill
300
This substance may be used to neutralize spilled acid
What is sodium bicarbonate (baking soda)
300
You should use these to heat test tubes
What are boiling stones or a water bath
400

This is the procedure for when your teacher asks for your attention during a lab activity

What is:

-stop what you are doing?

-focus on what they have to say?

400

This sort of footwear should not be worn during a lab activity 

What are:

-flip flops/slides/sandals?

-Crocs with holes?

-Clown shoes?

400
Backpacks and book should be kept
What is out of the aisles and away from the lab stations
400
When mixing acid and water you should always do this
What is add the acid to the water
400
When unplugging an electrical corrd you should
What is grab the plug and not the cord
500

This is the reason why only approved experiments should happen and why it's unsafe to mix any combination of chemicals

What are unintended results? (ex: fire, explosion, release of unsafe vapors)

500

This is the safest practice for smelling a chemical when your teacher permits it

What is wafting? (waving some of the vapors toward your nose)

500
When may you dump solid waste or broken glass down the drain
What is never
500
how are most eye burns caused
What is by rubbing eyes with unclean hands
500
True or False: It is ok to point a test toward a lab partner while it is being heated
What is false