Name: ________________________________ Period: _________

Date: _____________
SCIENCE SAFETY TEST
Circle the correct answer.
1) When working in the lab
a. Tie hair back
b. No open toed shoes

c. Wear goggles
d. All of the above

2) At your lab station you find a bottle of chemicals from which the label has been
removed. You should
a. Give the bottle to your
c. Sniff the chemical to
teacher
identify it
b. Dispose of the bottle in
d. Taste the chemical to
the trash
identify it
3) Meter sticks should be used as
a. A sword
b. A light saber

c. A measuring device
d. All of the above

4) You notebook accidentally catches fire. What should you do?

a. Douse it with the nearest
c. Notify your teacher
liquid chemical
immediately
b. Throw your neighbors
d. Both a & c
notebook at it
5) Your hand is accidentally splashed with a few drops of weak acid. You should
a. Have a student notify the
c. Pat your hand dry with a
instructor
paper towel
b. Run water over your hand
d. Both a & b
6) You may eat or drink in the lab
a. After you have washed
your hands
b. Only from beakers

c. When you are finished

with your lab
d. None of the above

7) The lab calls for 5 g of a chemical and you pour out 6 g. You should
a. Just use the 6 g
c. Properly dispose of the
b. Return the other 1 g to the
extra chemical
container
d. Just throw away the rest
of the chemical
8) The lab procedure calls for you to pour six different solutions into separate
beakers for use in the lab. You should.
a. Label all of the beakers
c. Dont label, youll
then add the chemicals
remember what they are
b. Pour all of the solutions
d. None of the above
into beakers, then label

Name: ________________________________ Period: _________

Date: _____________
9) If the lab calls for the use of gas burners, you should
a. Run to your lab station
c.
and immediately turn the
burner on
b. Put your goggles on, then
turn the burner on
d.

Put your goggles on, then

wait for the teacher to
instruct you to turn on the
burner
None of the above

TRUE OR FALSE? MARK WITH A T OR F

10) It is okay to heat wet glassware. _____
11) You should never heat a closed container. ____
12) You should dispose of broken glassware in an appropriate container. _____
13) If you spill something you should clean it up and then notify your instructor. ___
14) When you handle a hot container, you should use rubber gloves. ____
15) Appropriate lab attire includes close-toed shoes, long pants and goggles. ____
LIST THE 3 SAFETY INFRACTIONS IN THE FOLLOWING PICTURES:
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LIST 3 GOOD SAFETY PRACICES:
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