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LAB SAFETY WORKSHEET

Harmoni Bennett avatar Harmoni Bennett
9 September 2022
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If you spill an acid or a base on yourself, you should:
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Immediately wash with soap and cool water and tell your teacher.
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You may remove your goggles while in the lab room:
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if no one is doing an experiment or washing glassware
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You can safely wear contact lenses while doing a chemistry lab:
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If you are wearing goggles
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Broken glassware left around the lab is a hazard because:
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If on the floor, someone might step on it and cut their foot, if on the lab bench, someone might lean on the bench and cut their arm, and if in the sink, someone might try to pick it up to throw it away properly and cut themselves
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You have looked up the hazards of the chemicals you will be using in a particular lab, and found out that they are mild health hazards, requiring you to avoid skin contact and vapor inhalation. Therefore, when in lab you should:
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wear long pants, closed toed shoes, and a lab apron, wear gloves
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What type of eye cover is acceptable to wear during chemistry labs?
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Approved safety goggles only
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If your clothing or your neighbor's clothing catches fire, what should you do?
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Drop to the floor and roll to extinguish the fire
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If something on your lab benches catches fire, what is the best response from the choices below?
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if and only if it is possible to do so safely, cover the flames with a beaker or watch glass, remove solvents from the area, then get the fire extinguisher; if it is not possible to do this, leave the room and pull the fire alarm, and call 911 from a safe phone
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If the fire alarm sounds, you should:
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Shut down your experiment, get your stuff, then leave the building
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What should you do with your waste chemicals from your lab when you are done performing the experiment?
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Deposit in appropriate waste beakers in front of room, unless your teacher tells you it is OK to pour the contents down the drain.
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You get a chemical in your eye. What should you do?
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Immediately flush with water, continue washing for 15 minutes and tell your teacher
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All accidents and/or injuries in the science lab should be handled by the students themselves.
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False
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The correct way to combine acid & water is to add acid to the water.
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True
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Any time chemicals, heat, or glassware are used, students need to wear lab goggles.
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True
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Long hair (not tied back), dangling jewelry, and loose clothing are cool in science labs.
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False
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It is ok to point the open end of a test tube being heated at yourself or someone else.
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False
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When removing an electrical plug from a socket, pull on the electrical cord.
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False
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When dissecting, be sure to hold the specimen securely and cut away from yourself.
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True
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The correct procedure for smelling a chemical is to point the face of the container away from your face (and others' faces), while gently fanning the vapors towards your nose.
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True
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When you complete your experiment, it is alright to do your own experiment as long as you clean up afterwards.
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False
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Your shirt catches on fire while leaning over a Bunsen burner
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stop, drop, and roll
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A drop of chemical solution splashes into your eye
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Wait for teacher to help you.
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Your lab partner notices a tiny crack in a beaker that you are heating over a Bunsen burner.
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Turn off the Bunsen burner immediately and remove it then tell the teacher.
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When should safety glasses or goggles be worn in the lab?
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Always unless no one is washing glassware or doing a lab.
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In the lab, what should be done with hair that is longer than shoulder length?
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It should be tied back and out of the way.
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What kind of wastes should be put into the broken glass container?
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broken glass
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Describe how you would test the odor of any chemical in the lab?
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Wafting
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What kinds of injuries should be reported to you teacher?
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All
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Where do you dispose of waste material form the lab?
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Where ever the teacher tells you.