Lab Safety Quiz (2023)

Which of the following is NOT acceptable lab safety dress attire?

• Googles

• Pulled back hair

• Closed toed shoes

• Loosely, dangly clothes

If you accidentally spill a chemical, what should you do?

• Clean it up before anyone notices

• Tell your teacher immediately

• Continue with the experiment and clean it up later

• Make more mess

When conducting an experiment, when should you notify your teacher?

• If you do not understand the directions and procedures

• If someone is injured

• If you spill a substance

• All of the above

What should you do before beginning an experiment?

• Run to your favorite lab station

• read the procedures to make sure you understand the directions

• watch other groups closely and copy their steps

If chemicals are splashed into your eyes, what should you do?

• Run to the bathroom for fresh air and clean water

• Tell the teacher and flush your eyes with an eye wash station

• Throw the chemicals away

• Rub your eyes over and over until the swelling goes away

After an experiment, how do you properly discard chemicals?

• dump them in the sink

• dump them in the trash can

• pour them back into the container so that other students can reuse them

• throw away as the teacher instructs

If someone is injured in the lab, what is the first thing to do?

• Let the teacher know

• apply pressure to the wound

• run to the nurse's office

• take a picture with your phone and share on social media

What process is used to smell substances in the lab?

• pour into a bowl

• waft toward you slowly

• put your nose directly in the container and taste it

When you finish working with chemicals, specimens or other lab equipment, always -

• use skin lotion

• wipe your hands on your pants

• wash your hands with soap and water

Practical jokes and horseplay in the lab is -

• not as dangerous as it seems.

• a great way to make science class fun.

• OK.

• NOT ok in science class or lab