Lab Safety Rules

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Long hair must be secured to the back of your head. True False

2. What things do you need to wear before beginning any laboratory exercise? All of these Gloves Safety apron or a lab coat Goggles

3. What should you do if a glass breakage occurs? Immediately contact your teacher. Leave it where it is without telling anyone. Run out of the classroom. Touch it to see if it is safe.

4. What should you maintain in your lab work area? A clean and tidy work space. Chemicals spread all around you. A messy work space. Lots of food and drink.

5. What should you do if a flame from a burner leaps out of the burner toward you? None of these. Touch it with your finger to turn off the fire. Turn the gas off immediately. Touch the flame to see how hot it is.

6. Always point a test tube or bottle that is being heated towards you and others. True False

7. If you are heating a liquid, what should you NEVER do? All of these. Heat the liquid in an open container. Heat the liquid in a closed container. Add boiling chips to the container.

8. What should you NEVER do if you have heated a container? All of these. Test its temperature. Pick up the container with your hand. Pick up the container with a clamp.

9. Never heat a chemical unless instructed to do so. True False

10. What should you NEVER do in the lab? Play practical jokes on people. All of these. Run while holding a beaker with chemicals. Mess around with your friends.