Lab Safety and Apparatus Quiz

When finished with a hot-plate, what should you do? (2 answers)

• turn it off
• leave it on
• lick it
• unplug it

What does a triple beam balance measure?

• Mass
• Weight
• Volume
• Speed

What two things can a spring scale measure?

• weight
• force
• mass
• speed
• smell

When mixing chemicals with water, which substance do you add first?

• water
• chemical

Water is a good absorb-er of _____.

• ice
• gas
• air
• heat

If you are in a lab and using a chemical that can be sensitive to the skin, What should you have on?

• Goggles
• gloves
• Glasses
• Open toed shoes
• a hat

This piece of equipment can be in all shapes and sizes and measures precise volume!

• test tube
• Flask
• Beaker
• Mason jar
• graduated cylinder

Identify a situation when a graduated cylinder would be used instead of a beaker.

• Needing to heat a liquid
• needing to store liquid
• needing to mix chemicals
• needing to find the volume of a liquid or solid

A spring scale, in this class, will be used for:

• measure fish
• Measure force
• measure mass
• measure weight

A triple-beam balance, in this class, will be used for:

• measure fish
• Measure force
• measure mass
• measure weight