Lab Safety Flashcards
(24 cards)
True or False: If a fire erupts in the lab, you should grab a fire blanket or extinguisher.
False
True or False: It is not important to wear goggles in the lab to protect your eyes.
False
True or False: If you don’t understand lab directions, you should do the procedure anyway.
False
True or False: It is important to pull long hair back when working in the lab.
True
True or False: Preforming experiments not assigned by the teacher is not a good idea.
True
True or False: It is not necessary to report minor lab accidents.
False
True or False: You should move hot objects using TWEEZERS. (correct the bold word)
False: Forceps
True or False: You should leave a heat source on when finished so other classes can conduct their experiments.
False
True or False: You should not smell chemicals directly, waft the odor towards you.
True
True or False: You are heating a substance in a test tube. Always point the open end of the tube toward your lab partner.
False
A quantity that can change or vary, taking on different values….
Variable
To try and find out the facts about something in order to learn how it happened….
Scientific Investigation
The characteristics or features of something, rather than its quantity….
Qualitative
The word used to describe information….
Data
Careful study and investigation for the purpose of discovery and explaining new knowledge…….
Research
An educated guess
Hypothesis
A test of an idea or method……
Experiment
A quantity having a fixed value that does not change or vary…..
Constant
Data that can be quantified by counting or measuring…
Quantitative
Used to test small amounts of chemicals….
Test tube
An open flame used to heat object for experiments….
Bunsen burner
Tool used to make smaller objects appear 5x larger…
Hand lens
Used to see things that cannot be seen with the naked eye
Microscope
Used for heating & mixing large amounts of chemicals
Beaker
