Safety Rules Flashcards

0
Q

Conduct yourself in a ______ manner in the lab

A

responsible

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1
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The # 1 priority for students, teachers, and parents

A

safety in the science classroom

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2
Q

Never work____

A

alone

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3
Q

When first entering a science room, do not ______

A

touch any equipment, chemicals, or other materials

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4
Q

______ eat food, drink beverages, or chew gum

A

Do not

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5
Q

what about using glassware as containers for food/beverages?

A

do not

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6
Q

What experiments can you perform?

A

only those experiments authorized by the instructor

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7
Q

What are dangerous and prohibited?

A

horseplay, practical jokes, pranks

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8
Q

How can you observe good housekeeping practices?

A

keep work areas clean and tidy

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

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9
Q

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

A

Push it under the desk.

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10
Q

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?

A

their locations

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11
Q

Fume hood and ventilation?

A

make sure your work area is well ventilated

never place head in fume hood

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12
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How should you be in a lab?

A

alert

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13
Q

What are sinks for?

A

water, not chemicals unless otherwise stated

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14
Q

What should you read before using things?

A

labels and equipment instructions

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15
Q

What to do when handling preserved specimens or chemicals?

A

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

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16
Q

What to do after any experiment

A

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

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17
Q

Where should you be at all times?

A

at your assigned monitored lab station

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18
Q

Where are students not permitted unless given permission by instructor?

A

science storage rooms or preparation areas

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19
Q

What do you need to know how to do?

A

fire drill

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20
Q

What to do in a fire drill

A

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

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21
Q

What to do with living organisms?

A

handle in a humane manner
treat with respect
dispose of properly

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22
Q

What to do with knives?

A

carry with tips pointing down and away

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23
Q

how should you cut

A

away from body

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24
Q

What happens if a sharp object falls?

A

do not try to grab it

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25
Q

How do you hold a knife

A

by the handle

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26
Q

What to do if you have a medical condition

A

consult physician before entering lab

27
Q

When do you wear goggles?

A

anytime chemicals, eat, or glassware are used

28
Q

Contact lenses…

A

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

29
Q

How to dress in a lab

A

no long hair, dangling jewelry, loose or baggy clothing

shoes must completely cover the foot

30
Q

When should lab aprons be used?

A

during lab activities

31
Q

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

A

report to instructor no matter how trivial

32
Q

What happens if you or your lab partner are hurt?

A

yell code one code one

33
Q

What happens if chemical splashes in your eye

A

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

34
Q

What happens if a mercury thermometer is broken?

A

mercury must not be touched

notify instructor immediately

35
Q

What not to do with chemicals unless otherwise told

A

touch, taste, smell

36
Q

How much chemical should you take?

A

as much as you need only

37
Q

What should you do before getting a chemical out

A

check the label twice

38
Q

What should you do with unused chemicals

A

do not return them to their original container

39
Q

How to and how not to fill a pipet

A

do not use mouth suction

use a rubber bulb or a pipet pump

40
Q

What to do when transferring reagents from one container to another

A

hold containers away from your body

41
Q

What to do with acids

A

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

42
Q

How to handle flammable hazardous liquids

A

handle over a pan to contain spills

never dispense near open flame or heat source

43
Q

Where not to take chemicals

A

out of the lab area

44
Q

How to carry glass tubing

A

vertical to avoid breakage

45
Q

How to handle broken glass

A

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

46
Q

what to do when bending glass

A

allow time for glass to cool

47
Q

how to tell if something is hot

A

bring back of hand near it to feel warmth

48
Q

What to do with a hot apparatus

A

do not place directly on desk

use insulating pad

49
Q

What not to do with a container that is being heated

A

look into it

50
Q

What to do with heated metal or glass

A

proceed with caution

use tongs or heat-protective gloves

51
Q

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

A

point at someone

52
Q

What to do with something burning or heating

A

do not leave it unattended

turn off when not in use

53
Q

What to do with flames

A

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

54
Q

what not to do with hot glassware

A

immerse in cold water

it may shatter

55
Q

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

A

ask instructor

56
Q

signs of electrical equipment damage

A

frayed cords, exposed wires, and loose connections

57
Q

what to do with damaged electrical equipment

A

report it

do not use it

58
Q

What to do with glassware before use

A

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

59
Q

How to remove an electrical plug

A

grasp plug, not cord

hands dry

60
Q

What to do with wash bottles

A

fill only with distilled water and use only as intended

61
Q

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

A

lubricate it

62
Q

cases where you lubricate glassware

A

tubing, thistle tubes, thermometers

63
Q

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

A

towels or cotton gloves

64
Q

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

A

take it to instructor for removal