Lab Safety Pop Quiz

If you come to class and the teacher is absent from the classroom should you...

• enter and wait

• wait in the hall

• throw a party

True or False: Food and drink are allowed in the experiment area.

• True

• False

When should you remove you goggles after a lab activity

• After you have washed your hands.

• You don't need goggles during a lab activity.

• Any time during the activity is fine. They are more suggestions than requirements.

What is wrong with this scenario?

It is lab activity day in class. Linda starts to pour unidentified chemicals together before doing/listening to the teacher's pre-lab research and discussion.

Horse-play and/or joking about safety are no big deal in the lab.

• True: YOLO

• Safety is important, but joking about it is no big deal.

• They ARE a big deal: safety is no joking matter. Lab safety is EVERYTHING!

What is the rule about food and drink in the lab?

There is no need to check lab equipment before use.

• True

• False

What is wrong with the following scenario?

Kelly and her classmates are conducting a lab activity. Kelly has an itch on her face. She removes her gloves and itches her face, then replaces the gloves and continues with the activity.

What should you do when handling a flammable substance?

• Use minimal amounts if possible.

• Put the cap on when done dispensing the substance and remove it from the experiment area.

• Never light a match near the source bottle.

You have a bottle that is not labeled. What should you do?

• Smell the substance to see if you can identify it.

• Shake the bottle to see if it causes bubbles to see if you can determine the substance.

• Immediately inform your instructor and do not use it.

• Take a swig. Maybe the taste will help you identify it.