Lab Safety

Front

What piece of safety equipment should you use immediately if you accidentally splash acid on your face? Options: fire blanket, fire extinguisher, eye wash station, safety shower

Back

safety shower

Front

Safety equipment needed for working with an open flame, glass beakers, and water.

Back

goggles, gloves, apron

Front

When in the lab, what safety precautions should be taken?

Back

Long sleeves and loose clothing should be rolled up, closed toe shoes should be worn, long hair should be pulled back.

Front

If you do not understand a direction or part of a lab procedure, you should: skip it and go on to the next part, ask the instructor before proceeding, try several methods until something works, figure it out as you do the lab.

Back

ask the instructor before proceeding

Front

What should you do first if injured in the laboratory (cut, burn, etc.)?

Back

Tell the science instructor at once.

Front

The following footwear is best in the laboratory: shoes appropriate for the weather, open-toed shoes, closed-toed shoes, sandals.

Back

closed-toed shoes

Front

Is it okay to use chipped or cracked glassware?

Back

False

Front

Read all procedures thoroughly before entering the laboratory.

Back

True

Front

Are all chemicals in the lab to be considered dangerous?

Back

True

Front

Horseplay or practical jokes in the laboratory are

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always against the rules