IGCSE SAFETY STUDY GUIDE
Some of these sentences are true, others are false. The rest are questions you need to know the answer.
- Never remove any chemicals or other equipment from the laboratory.
- Laboratory work can be started immediately upon entering the laboratory even if the instructor is not yet present.
- Return all unused chemicals to their original containers
- Hot glass looks the same as cold glass.
- Always pour water into acids
- You do not need to know how to use all safety equipment in the lab, shower, eye wash, fire extinguisher, etc.
- What type of fire extinguisher is used in most labs?
- How do you clean up an acid spill?
- Maria has beautiful long black hair. On lab day she wore her new hot pink classic hoodie. Her lab partner, Stanley told her she has two safety concerns. They are:
- If you drop acid into your lap, you should use the safety shower for around 15 minutes.
- If you get splashed in the eyes, without your goggles, you should use the eyewash station for 5 minutes with both eyes wide open
- Why do you let the water run before some seconds washing your eyes?
- Use the fire blanket to smother fires on the lab bench.
- The first thing you should do when there’s a fire on the lab bench is to tell your teacher
- The gas is on when the valves are parallel.
- The gas is off when the valves are perpendicular
- You should smell, put your nose over, a beaker’s contents to see if
- You can tell if a beaker is hot by looking at it.
- You can identify a chemical by its color.
- Always dump your chemicals in the sink.
- When using chemicals or fire, always wear your goggles.
- Spills in the lab can be cleaned up after class.
- You can drink from a laboratory beaker, if it is clean.
- You can put out an alcohol fire with cold water.
- Never taste anything in the lab.
- Before you use the eyewash station, you should run some water through it.
- All chemicals in the lab are irritant or explosives
- To put out a fire in a person’s hair or clothing, use
- The emergency shower will be used
- If you develop a headache in the laboratory, you should\:
- When you finish working in the lab always
- If an acid is splashed on your skin, wash at once with
- If a piece of equipment is not working properly stop, turn it off, and tell
- Horseplay or practical jokes in the laboratory are
- In a laboratory, the following should not be worn\:
- You are heating a substance in a test tube. Always point the open end of the tube
- After completing an experiment, all chemical wastes should be
- If you do not understand a direction or part of a lab
- Approved eye protection devices (such as goggles) are worn in the laboratory
- Flammable materials, like alcohol, should never be dispensed or used near
- If a laboratory fire erupts, immediately
- Never leave a lit burner unattended.
- It’s okay to pick up broken glass with your bare hands as long as the glass is placed in the trash.
- You are allowed to enter the chemical preparation/storage area any time you need to get an item.
- All unauthorized experiments are prohibited.
- Chipped or cracked glassware is okay to use.
- Long hair in the laboratory must be
- Eyeglasses provide as much protection as
- When gathering glassware and equipment for an experiment, you should
- You have been injured in the laboratory (cut, burn, etc.). First you should
- You are heating a piece of glass and now want to pick it up. You should
- You should never mix any chemical in the lab or at home unless you are absolutely sure what the results will be.
- You should never taste anything in the lab.
- You should consider all chemicals in the lab to be hazardous unless you are instructed otherwise.
- You should use googles only when working with chemicals.