Lab Safety and Tools

What should you NEVER do in the lab?

• Play practical jokes on people.

• All of these.

• Run while holding a beaker with chemicals.

• Mess around with your friends.

What is this lab tool?

• beaker

• specimen

• balance

• thermometer

Never heat a chemical unless instructed to do so.

• True

• False

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

• the principal

• your lab partner

• no one

• your teacher

What is this lab tool?

• flask

• beaker

• test tube

• specimen

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

• cover your hands with lotion

• visit the school nurse after class.

• tell your teacher

• wash your hands thoroughly with soap

What should you maintain in your lab work area?

• Chemicals spread all around you.

• A clean and tidy workspace.

• A messy workspace.

• Lots of food and drink.

What is this lab tool?

• thermometer

• microphone

• stopper

• microscope

Always point a test tube or bottle that is being heated towards you and others.

• True

• False

What should you do if a glass breakage occurs?

• Immediately contact your teacher.

• Leave it where it is without telling anyone.

• Run out of the classroom.

• Touch it to see if it is safe.