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How well do you know lab safety signs and hazard symbols? Take this fun printable quiz to see if you can recognize potential dangers in the lab. You may wish to review the lab safety signs before starting.

Lab Safety Sign Quiz - Question #1

The skull and crossbones is a classic warning sign, but can you name the type of danger?

  • (a) general danger from chemicals
  • (b) flammable materials
  • (c) toxic or poisonous materials
  • (d) dangerous to eat/drink, but otherwise safe
  • (e) this symbol isn't officially used (pirate ships don't count)

Lab Safety Sign Quiz - Question #2

Isn't this a great sign? You may not ever see this warning symbol, but if you do it would be in your best interest to know what it means.

  • (a) ionizing radiation
  • (b) get out while you still can, it's radioactive here
  • (c) dangerous high-powered ventilation
  • (d) toxic vapors
  • (e) potentially lethal levels of radiation

Lab Safety Sign Quiz - Question #3

This symbol commonly is found in chemistry labs and on trucks carrying hazardous materials. What does it mean?

  • (a) acid, touching it will lead to what you see in the picture
  • (b) harmful to living tissue, touching it is a bad plan
  • (c) dangerous liquid, don't touch
  • (d) cut or burn hazard, both living and non-living material
  • (e) corrosive, both living and non-living material

Lab Safety Sign Quiz - Question #4

Hint: don't store your lunch in a refrigerator which displays this sign. It signifies:

  • (a) biohazard
  • (b) radiation hazard
  • (c) radioactive biological hazard
  • (d) nothing necessarily dangerous, just the presence of biological samples​

Lab Safety Sign Quiz - Question #5

It looks like a pretty snowflake, but that yellow background is cautionary. What type of hazard does this symbol indicate?

  • (a) dangerous when frozen
  • (b) icy conditions
  • (c) low temperature or cryogenic hazard
  • (d) cold storage required (freezing point of water or below)

Lab Safety Sign Quiz - Question #6

It's just a big X. What does that mean?

  • (a) don't store chemicals here
  • (b) potentially harmful chemical, usually, an irritant
  • (c) do not enter
  • (d) just don't. a general warning sign to be used to indicate a no-no or 'I know what you're thinking, don't do it.

Lab Safety Sign Quiz - Question #7

There might be a few reasonable interpretations for this sign, but only one is correct. What does this symbol indicate?

  • (a) breakfast bar, serving bacon and pancakes
  • (b) noxious vapors
  • (c) hot surface
  • (d) high vapor pressure

Lab Safety Sign Quiz - Question #8

This symbol is often confused with a similar-looking symbol. What does it mean?

  • (a) flammable, keep away from heat or flame
  • (b) oxidizer
  • (c) heat-sensitive explosive
  • (d) fire/flame hazard
  • (e) no open flames

Lab Safety Sign Quiz - Question #9

This symbol means:

  • (a) you shouldn't drink the water
  • (b) you shouldn't use the faucet
  • (c) you shouldn't bring in drinks
  • (d) don't clean your glassware here

Lab Safety Sign Quiz - Question #10

Unless you have been living in a hole for the past 50 years, you have seen this symbol. Actually, if you were in a hole the past 50 years, the hazard indicated by this symbol might have had something to do with it. This sign indicates:

  • (a) unguarded fan blades
  • (b) radioactivity
  • (c) biohazard
  • (d) toxic chemicals
  • (e) it isn't a real sign
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Lab Safety Practice Questions and Answers

You have accidentally broken a test tube and spilled a chemical on the table. which of the following best explains what you should do.

Inform the instructor and lab assistant. Use water and paper towels to clean up the spill; place the broken test tube in the disposal container specified by the teacher for sharp objects.

Throw the glass into the nearest trash bin and let the spill air-dry rather than letting anyone know. 

Quickly dispose of the glass, wipe up the spill with the nearest cloth, and hope nobody notices.

Caution your lab partners to avoid the area while you dispose of the glass. 

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What is the purpose of wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) in a laboratory?

To show laboratory authority

To protect against potential hazards 

To maintain hygiene 

For aesthetic appeal 

 What is something that you must remember while working with heat or burners? 

Never heat closed containers.

Keep it away from you and your classmates.

Use clamps when you need to hold the container.

All of the above.

What is the appropriate way to smell a chemical in the lab? 

Use the "wafting" technique 

Directly inhale the scent

Pour a little chemical on your hand and then smell 

Ask a colleague to smell it for you

What should you ensure when you are the last person leaving the lab? 

All equipment is turned off, and the area is clean. 

All the lights are turned off.

The lab door is locked.

All your personal items are taken with you. 

If a fire starts in a lab, what should you NOT  do?

Use a fire extinguisher if safe and trained to do so

Pull the fire alarm

Evacuate the lab immediately 

Try to put out the fire with water, regardless of the source

Why should you not eat, drink, or apply cosmetics in a lab? 

Because you might spill something.

Because it's unprofessional 

To avoid distracting others 

To avoid potential ingestion or contact with harmful substances 

You're working with a Bunsen burner, and your lab partner's sleeve catches fire. You alert the instructor or lab assistant. What should be the right course of action now?

 Pour water over your lab partner's sleeve.

Smother the flame using a fire blanket.

Try to beat the fire out with your hand.

Leave the lab immediately and call for help.

What should you do if a beaker of an unknown liquid has no label? 

Taste it to determine what it is

Smell it to identify the substance 

Treat it as potentially hazardous and notify the lab supervisor

Ask a lab partner to identify it

When diluting a strong acid, you should:

Add water to acid

It doesn't matter, the order of addition doesn't affect the reaction 

Neither one, acids should never be diluted 

Add acid to water

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