Lab Safety Review 2023

During a chemistry lab, you accidentally knock over a beaker of solution, what is the FIRST thing you should do?

• Inform the lab instructor immediately.

• Start cleaning it up yourself.

• Cover the spill with a lab coat.

• Walk away and leave it for the next person.

In a chemistry lab, a student has long hair. Should they tie it back during the experiment?

• Yes

• No

You are working in a chemistry lab. Your stomach growls and you remember you have a sandwich in your bag. When is it OK for you to eat your sandwich on the lab counters?

• Always

• Never

Keeping your work area neat and clean is important because:

• My teacher is a neat-freak
• I won't lose my supplies in the clutter.
• It keeps the room from looking messy.
• It helps prevent accidents.

What should you do with chemicals leftover after an experiment?

• Follow the directions of the teacher
• Carefully pour them down the sink
• Throw them into the trash can
• Leave them on the table

When you are in a chemistry lab and you need to smell a chemical, you should

• whiff it directly

• waft it towards your nose

• take a deep breath of it

• smell it for as long as you can

You should never ______ chemicals in the lab. 

• taste
• touch
• all of the above

Imagine you are a chemistry teacher preparing for a lab class. You remind your students to dress properly during lab activities because ________________ are hazards in the lab.

• Long hair, dangling jewelry, and lose or baggy clothing

• Electricity, machines, and live animals

• Glasses and contact lenses

• long-sleeved shirts and long pants

You are working in a chemistry lab and about to perform an experiment involving chemicals, acids, and heating devices. When should you wear safety goggles?

• When you are sunbathing outside

• Just before you start the experiment

• Anytime you are in the lab

• None of the above

After a science experiment in the school lab, who is responsible for cleaning up the lab?

• The students who graduated last year.

• The students who recently transferred to the school.

• Each and every student who participated in the experiment.

• Only the science teacher.