Hazardous Chemicals and Safety

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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Front (Question)

What are the 5 physical hazards?

Back (Answer)

• Exploding bomb • Flame • Flame over circle • Gas cylinder • Corrosive to metals

Front (Question)

What are the 4 health hazards?

Back (Answer)

• Skull and crossbones • Corrosive to skin • Health hazard • Exclamation mark

Front (Question)

What harm could a Biohazardous Infectious Material cause?

Back (Answer)

Risk to the health of humans, animals, or the environment.

Front (Question)

How is the environmental hazard dangerous?

Back (Answer)

Hazardous to aquatic environment and/or ozone layer.

Front (Question)

What does the hexagon mean?

Back (Answer)

Danger

Front (Question)

What does the diamond/square mean?

Back (Answer)

Warning

Front (Question)

What does the triangle mean

Back (Answer)

Caution

Front (Question)

What are the 3 levels of warning?

Back (Answer)

Danger, warning, caution

Front (Question)

What does HHPS stand for?

Back (Answer)

Hazardous Household Product Symbols

#10

Front (Question)

What are the HHP symbols?

Back (Answer)

• Poison (skull and crossbones) • Explosive (explosion) • Flammable (fire) • Corrosive (hand in box)

#11

Front (Question)

Exploding bomb meaning and classification

Back (Answer)

Classification: Physical hazard Meaning: Explosive, self-reactive

#12

Front (Question)

Gas cylinder meaning and class

Back (Answer)

Class: Physical hazard Meaning: Substance or container with GASES UNDER PRESSURE

#13

Front (Question)

Health hazard meaning and class

Back (Answer)

Class: Health hazard Meaning: May cause serious health effects

#14

Front (Question)

Flame meaning and class

Back (Answer)

Class: Physical hazard Meaning: fire hazard

#15

Front (Question)

Corrosive to skin and metals meaning and class

Back (Answer)

Class: Physical and health Meaning: corrosive to skin, metals, irritation, damage

#16

Front (Question)

Exclamation mark meaning and class

Back (Answer)

Class: Health hazard Meaning: acute toxicity, may cause serious side effects to someone’s health

#17

Front (Question)

Flame over circle class and meaning

Back (Answer)

Class: physical hazard Meaning: (the chemical is) Something that is flammable when exposed to a certain amount of oxygen

#18

Front (Question)

Skull and cross bones class and meaning

Back (Answer)

Class: physical hazard Meaning: Acute toxicity, may cause death.

#19

Front (Question)

Environmental hazard class and meaning

Back (Answer)

Class: environment hazard Meaning: hazardous to aquatic environment and ozone layer

#20

Front (Question)

Biohazardous infectious material class and meaning

Back (Answer)

Class: Health and environmental hazard Meaning: Hazardous to the health of people, animals, and the environment

#21

Front (Question)

What are the two main types of safety?

Back (Answer)

WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System) and HHPS (Hazardous Household Product Symbols)

#22

Front (Question)

What are physical and chemical characteristics

Back (Answer)

Odour, colour, etc.

#23

Front (Question)

What is the reactivity data of a chemical referring to?

Back (Answer)

If it will react with other chemicals

#24

Front (Question)

What is “toxicological health hazard data”?

Back (Answer)

How the chemical can get into your body and how it will affect your health