Lab Safety Quiz!

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20 questions
Use this image for the first six questions, each letter will only be used once.
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Should be used to protect your eyes.

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Should be used to dispose of all materials properly

1

Poison! Do not inhale or get on your skin.

1

Use this to protect your clothing.

1

Wash your hands thoroughly when finished.

1

Treat all live animals with respect and handle them with care.

Select safe or unsafe for each of the following situations
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Wearing plastic gloves when dissecting a squid.

1

A student picking up pieces of broken glassware.

1

Wafting an odor gently towards your nose.

1

Using an oven mitt to pick up a hot beaker.

1

Dumping your experiment down the sink when finished.

1

Using hand sanitizer after a lab instead of washing your hands.

Use complete sentences to answer the following questions
2

Which rule do you think is the most important? Explain why!

2

What are two things you can do before a lab even begins to get ready?

2

What are two things you should do when conducting an investigation in the "field".

2

What are two things you should do at the end of a lab?

For each scenario below use a complete sentence to explain what the student should have done instead.
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Jared was using a compound microscope to look at onion cells. The bell rang, so he pulled the cord out of the outlet before he left for his next class.

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Scarlett was testing the flammability of some different fabrics using tweezers and a tea-light. Her long hair kept falling forward, so she had to keep tossing it out of the way.

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Jim was measuring out a white substance onto a triple-beam balance. He was getting hot so he pulled his safety goggles off his eyes and rested them on his head.

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Leyla stared to feel very warm and light-headed during the dissection lab, but she didn't want to bother the teacher or call any attention to herself, so she just kept quiet.