The lab seems like one cool place; that's where scientists find cures for diseases or figure out why the sky is blue. But It's also loaded with potential hazards! Before you touch a microscope or test tube at your school's lab, take this quiz to find out how much you know about lab safety.
1. It's your first trip to the lab. You want to make a good impression. What should you wear?
a. rubber bodysuit and gas mask.
b. flip-flops and baggy shorts
c. prom dress or tuxedo
d. safety goggles, lab apron, gloves, tied-back hair, and closed toed shoes.
2. Debris flew into your eye. Which answer is not helpful?
a. Hold your eyelid open and run flesh water over your eye for several minutes.
b. Vow to never forget to wear goggles again.
c. Go to the school nurse immediately after your eyewash d. Blame your lab partner.
3. Someone at your table spills one of the chemicals, you should:
a. Leave it for the teacher to clean up.
b. Clean up immediately with the help of your teacher and the appropriate clean up kit. After it is cleaned up, you should record the accident.
c. Dont tell anyone and help it gets cleaned up later.
d. Call the fire department. It could be toxic.
4. Working in the lab is making you severely thirsty. So you: a. get a squirt from the distilled-water bottle.
b. stick your head under the tap of the sink.
c. don't drink anything until you leave the lab.
d. get a clean cup and fill it from the sink.
5. If you are unsure how to do the experiment, you should:
a. Just guess, theres no such thing as the wrong way.
b. Refer to the laboratory manual and ask your teacher.
c. Ask your lab partner.
d. Dont do the experiment.
6. There is an unmarked bottle with a clear liquid. To find out what it is, you can:
a. Just smell it, all chemicals smell differently.
b. Taste it, it could just be some water.
c. Run it over your hand in the sink, it might feel oily.
d. Ask the teacher to identify the liquid.
7. You have completed your lab experiment right at the end of class but you still havent cleaned up your table. What should you do?
a. Just leave it, The next class might be able to use your materials.
b. Clean up some stuff and just leave the rest.
c. Clean up the entire table, put the materials in the right place, and wipe off the table.
d. Who cares? Its just high school
8. You didn't pay attention when the teacher gave out instructions. So you: a. ask your lab partner. He seemed alert.
b. send yourself to the principal's office.
c. watch what everyone else is doing and go with the flow.
d. read over the instructions and then ask your teacher for help.
