Safety Rules

Question 0

Conduct yourself in a ______ manner in the lab

Answer 0

responsible

Question 1

The # 1 priority for students, teachers, and parents

Answer 1

safety in the science classroom

Question 2

Never work____

Answer 2

alone

Question 3

When first entering a science room, do not ______

Answer 3

touch any equipment, chemicals, or other materials

Question 4

______ eat food, drink beverages, or chew gum

Answer 4

Do not

Question 5

what about using glassware as containers for food/beverages?

Answer 5

do not

Question 6

What experiments can you perform?

Answer 6

only those experiments authorized by the instructor

Question 7

What are dangerous and prohibited?

Answer 7

horseplay, practical jokes, pranks

Question 8

How can you observe good housekeeping practices?

Answer 8

keep work areas clean and tidy

bring only lab instructions, worksheets, and reports to work area

Question 9

What do you do with your chair when it is not in use?

Answer 9

Push it under the desk.

Question 10

What do you need to know about safety equipment such as the first aid kit, eyewash station, safety shower, fire extinguisher, fire alarm, exits, and fire blanket?

Answer 10

their locations

Question 11

Fume hood and ventilation?

Answer 11

make sure your work area is well ventilated

never place head in fume hood

Question 12

How should you be in a lab?

Answer 12

alert

Question 13

What are sinks for?

Answer 13

water, not chemicals unless otherwise stated

Question 14

What should you read before using things?

Answer 14

labels and equipment instructions

Question 15

What to do when handling preserved specimens or chemicals?

Answer 15

keep hands away from face, eyes, mouth, and body

Question 16

What to do after any experiment

Answer 16

wash hands with soap and water
clean work surfaces and apparatus
return all equipment clean and in working order to the proper storage area

Question 17

Where should you be at all times?

Answer 17

at your assigned monitored lab station

Question 18

Where are students not permitted unless given permission by instructor?

Answer 18

science storage rooms or preparation areas

Question 19

What do you need to know how to do?

Answer 19

fire drill

Question 20

What to do in a fire drill

Answer 20

containers closed
gas valves off
fume hoods turned off
electrical equipment turned off

Question 21

What to do with living organisms?

Answer 21

handle in a humane manner
treat with respect
dispose of properly

Question 22

What to do with knives?

Answer 22

carry with tips pointing down and away

Question 23

how should you cut

Answer 23

away from body

Question 24

What happens if a sharp object falls?

Answer 24

do not try to grab it

Question 25

How do you hold a knife

Answer 25

by the handle

Question 26

What to do if you have a medical condition

Answer 26

consult physician before entering lab

Question 27

When do you wear goggles?

Answer 27

anytime chemicals, eat, or glassware are used

Question 28

Contact lenses...

Answer 28

should never be worn in the lab unless you have permission from your instructor

Question 29

How to dress in a lab

Answer 29

no long hair, dangling jewelry, loose or baggy clothing | shoes must completely cover the foot

Question 30

When should lab aprons be used?

Answer 30

during lab activities

Question 31

what happens if an accident such as a spill or breakage or an injury such as a cut or burn occurs?

Answer 31

report to instructor no matter how trivial

Question 32

What happens if you or your lab partner are hurt?

Answer 32

yell code one code one

Question 33

What happens if chemical splashes in your eye

Answer 33

immediately flush with running water from the eyewash station or safety shower for at least 20 minutes

Question 34

What happens if a mercury thermometer is broken?

Answer 34

mercury must not be touched | notify instructor immediately

Question 35

What not to do with chemicals unless otherwise told

Answer 35

touch, taste, smell

Question 36

How much chemical should you take?

Answer 36

as much as you need only

Question 37

What should you do before getting a chemical out

Answer 37

check the label twice

Question 38

What should you do with unused chemicals

Answer 38

do not return them to their original container

Question 39

How to and how not to fill a pipet

Answer 39

do not use mouth suction | use a rubber bulb or a pipet pump

Question 40

What to do when transferring reagents from one container to another

Answer 40

hold containers away from your body

Question 41

What to do with acids

Answer 41

handle with extreme care add acid to water swirl or stir solution be careful of heat, especially with sulfuric acid

Question 42

How to handle flammable hazardous liquids

Answer 42

handle over a pan to contain spills | never dispense near open flame or heat source

Question 43

Where not to take chemicals

Answer 43

out of the lab area

Question 44

How to carry glass tubing

Answer 44

vertical to avoid breakage

Question 45

How to handle broken glass

Answer 45

never with bare hands brush and dustpan to clean up place in designated glass disposal container

Question 46

what to do when bending glass

Answer 46

allow time for glass to cool

Question 47

how to tell if something is hot

Answer 47

bring back of hand near it to feel warmth

Question 48

What to do with a hot apparatus

Answer 48

do not place directly on desk | use insulating pad

Question 49

What not to do with a container that is being heated

Answer 49

look into it

Question 50

What to do with heated metal or glass

Answer 50

proceed with caution | use tongs or heat-protective gloves

Question 51

What not to do with the open end of a test tube

Answer 51

point at someone

Question 52

What to do with something burning or heating

Answer 52

do not leave it unattended | turn off when not in use

Question 53

What to do with flames

Answer 53

pull loose hair, clothes, and hands back do not put anything into the flame unless told to do so never reach over flame light flame only when asked to, especially gas ones

Question 54

what not to do with hot glassware

Answer 54

immerse in cold water | it may shatter

Question 55

what to do if you don't know what to do with a piece of equipment

Answer 55

ask instructor

Question 56

signs of electrical equipment damage

Answer 56

frayed cords, exposed wires, and loose connections

Question 57

what to do with damaged electrical equipment

Answer 57

report it | do not use it

Question 58

What to do with glassware before use

Answer 58

check for chips, cracks, and dirt, in which cases you would not use it

Question 59

How to remove an electrical plug

Answer 59

grasp plug, not cord | hands dry

Question 60

What to do with wash bottles

Answer 60

fill only with distilled water and use only as intended

Question 61

what to do with glassware before attempting to put it in a stopper

Answer 61

lubricate it

Question 62

cases where you lubricate glassware

Answer 62

tubing, thistle tubes, thermometers

Question 63

How to protect your hands when inserting glass tubing in a rubber stopper

Answer 63

towels or cotton gloves

Question 64

what happens if a piece of glassware becomes frozen in a stopper

Answer 64

take it to instructor for removal