Lab Safety Quiz 24-25

How should you handle animals/specimen?

• take them out before starting the lab

• you do not have to wear protective goggles

• with care and respect

• keep them to yourself

If you do not understand a direction or part of a lab procedure, you should

• figure it out as you do the lab

• try several methods until something works

• ask the instructor before proceeding

• skip it and go on to the next part

After completing an experiment, all chemical wastes should be

• left at your lab station for the next class

• disposed of according to your instructor's directions

• poured down the sink

• stored in a sealed container in the lab

If a lab experiment is not completed, you should

• discuss the issue with your instructor

• sneak in after school and work alone

• come in during lunch and finish while eating lunch

• make up some results

You are heating a substance in a test tube. Always point the open end of the tube

• toward yourself

• toward your lab partner

• toward another classmate

• away from all people

How should you pick up hot glassware?

• use a rag or paper towels

• pick up the end that looks cooler

• use tongs or hot hands

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

• visit the school nurse after class

• see a doctor after school

• tell the science instructor at once

• Apply first aid yourself

When can you put things into a flame?

• whenever you want

• at the end of the period

• after class

• when instructed to do so by the teacher

When should you clean your lab space?

• at the beginning of the lab

• at the end of the lab

• keep space organized throughout the lab

• all of the above

How should you carry a microscope?

• with both hands

• hold arm with one hand

• place one hand under the base

• all of the above