Flinn Lab Safety Test

Horseplay, practical jokes, or pranks in the classroom are...

• Okay

• Not dangerous

• Okay if you are working alone.

• Always against the rules.

Which of the following should not be worn during a laboratory activity?

• dangling jewelry

• loose clothing

• sandals

• All of the above

When a piece of equipment is not working properly, stop, turn it off, and tell your best friend in the class.

• True

• False (tell the teacher)

When you are done working with chemicals, biological specimens, and other lab substances, always...

• treat your hands with skin lotion.

• wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water.

• wipe your hands on a towel.

• wipe your hands on your clothes.

Chewing gum is permitted in the laboratory room.

• True

• False (neither is drinking or eating)

If using a razor blade or scalpel always...

• cut materials away from you.

• cut materials in your hand.

• cut materials toward you.

• cut material perpendicular to you.

You should clean your work area and equipment before you leave the science room.

• True (also wash you hands, return all equipment to proper location)

• False

Long hair in the science lab must be...

• held away with one hand.

• cut short.

• neatly groomed.

• tied back or kept entirely out of the way with a hair tie.

If a fire erupts, immediately run for the hills!

• True

• False (tell the teacher right away)

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

• try several methods until something works.

• skip it and go on to the next part.

• ask the teacher before proceeding.

• figure it out as you do in the lab.