7th Grade Science Lab Safety Quiz

1.If a fire erupts, immediately

• notify the teacher.
• run for the fire extinguisher.
• throw water on the fire.
• open the windows.

Approved eye protection devices (such asgoggles) are worn in the laboratory

• to avoid eye strain.
• to improve your vision.
• only if you do not have corrective glasses.
• any time chemicals, heat, or glassware areused.

If you do not understand a direction or partof a laboratory procedure, you should

• figure it out as you do the lab.
• try several methods until something works.
• ask the teacher before proceeding.
• skip it and go on to the next part.

After completing an experiment, all chemicalwastes should be

• left at your lab station for the next class.
• disposed of according to your teacher’sdirections.
• dumped in the sink.
• taken home.

You have been injured in the laboratory (cut,burned, etc.). First you should

• visit the school nurse after class.
• see a doctor after school.
• tell the teacher at once.
• apply first aid yourself.

Long hair in the laboratory must be

• cut short.
• held away from the experiment with one hand.
• always neatly groomed.
• tied back or kept entirely out of the waywith a hair band, etc.

Which of the following should NOT be worn during a laboratory activity?

• loose clothing
• dangling jewelry
• sandals
• All of the above.

Horseplay, practical jokes, or pranks in the classroom are

• always against the rules.
• okay.
• not dangerous.
• okay if you are working alone.

When handling animals, students should

• open cages only with permission.
• not tease or handle animals roughly.
• report bites or scratches to the teacherimmediately.
• All of the above.

If a piece of equipment is not working properly, stop, turn it off, and tell

• the principal.
• your lab partner.
• your best friend in the class.
• the teacher.