Safety Practice Quiz

After completing an experiment, all chemical wastes should be -

• left at your lab station for the next class
• disposed of according to your teacher's directions
• dumped in the sink
• taken home

What does this symbol mean?

• fire safety 
• eye protection safety 
• animal safety 
• extreme temperatures 

Fooling around in the lab, throwing things, and doing unauthorized experiments are all:

• Not dangerous
• Great if you have time
• Always against the rules
• Ok every other Tuesday

Approved eye protection devices (such as goggles) 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 are used.

When you are smelling a chemical, you should

• whiff
• waft
• take a deep breath
• smell it for as long as you can

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

When you finish working with chemicals, biological specimens, and other lab substances, always -

• treat your hands with skin lotion
• wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water
• wipe your hands on a towel
• wipe your hands on your clothes

Food is permitted in lab

• always
• if you have a cold
• sometimes
• never

What kind of instructions should always be followed? 

• Written instructions
• Verbal nstructions
• Written and verbal instructions
• Messages only sent mentally through the mind. 

What should you do if you break glass in the lab?

• Tell the teacher.
• Sweep up the glass.
• Pick up the glass with your hands.
• Ignore it; the teacher will clean it up when she sees it later.