Lab Safety Flashcards

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1
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True or False: If a fire erupts in the lab, you should grab a fire blanket or extinguisher.

A

False

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True or False: It is not important to wear goggles in the lab to protect your eyes.

A

False

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True or False: If you don’t understand lab directions, you should do the procedure anyway.

A

False

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4
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True or False: It is important to pull long hair back when working in the lab.

A

True

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True or False: Preforming experiments not assigned by the teacher is not a good idea.

A

True

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True or False: It is not necessary to report minor lab accidents.

A

False

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7
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True or False: You should move hot objects using TWEEZERS. (correct the bold word)

A

False: Forceps

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8
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True or False: You should leave a heat source on when finished so other classes can conduct their experiments.

A

False

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True or False: You should not smell chemicals directly, waft the odor towards you.

A

True

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10
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True or False: You are heating a substance in a test tube. Always point the open end of the tube toward your lab partner.

A

False

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A quantity that can change or vary, taking on different values….

A

Variable

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To try and find out the facts about something in order to learn how it happened….

A

Scientific Investigation

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13
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The characteristics or features of something, rather than its quantity….

A

Qualitative

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14
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The word used to describe information….

A

Data

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Careful study and investigation for the purpose of discovery and explaining new knowledge…….

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Research

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16
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An educated guess

A

Hypothesis

17
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A test of an idea or method……

A

Experiment

18
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A quantity having a fixed value that does not change or vary…..

A

Constant

19
Q

Data that can be quantified by counting or measuring…

A

Quantitative

20
Q

Used to test small amounts of chemicals….

A

Test tube

21
Q

An open flame used to heat object for experiments….

A

Bunsen burner

22
Q

Tool used to make smaller objects appear 5x larger…

A

Hand lens

23
Q

Used to see things that cannot be seen with the naked eye

A

Microscope

24
Q

Used for heating & mixing large amounts of chemicals

A

Beaker