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Hazard symbols – practice for Years 8–9

Sample questions on Hazard symbols with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject
Chemistry
Year
Years 8–9
Curriculum area
Working safely in the lab

Question types: What does the hazard symbol mean?

Rule: Hazard symbols

The symbol sits in a red diamond. Flame = flammable, flame over a circle = oxidising, explosion = explosive.

Skull = toxic, drops eating a hand and metal = corrosive, ! = irritant or harmful, figure with a star = serious health hazard.

Dead tree and fish = harmful to the environment, gas cylinder = gas under pressure.

Example: Drain cleaner has the corrosive symbol: protect your eyes and hands.

Watch out: Don’t mix up the flame and the flame over a circle: an oxidiser doesn’t burn itself but helps other things burn.

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    What does this hazard pictogram on a chemical’s label mean?

    1. A) harmful or irritant
    2. B) explosive
    3. C) corrosive
    4. D) hazardous to the environment
    5. E) gas under pressure
    Show the solution
    Answer: A) harmful or irritant

    How it works: Correct: harmful or irritant.

  2. Question 2 Normal

    What does this hazard pictogram on a chemical’s label mean?

    1. A) hazardous to the environment
    2. B) acutely toxic
    3. C) serious health hazard
    4. D) corrosive
    5. E) gas under pressure
    Show the solution
    Answer: A) hazardous to the environment

    How it works: Correct: hazardous to the environment.

  3. Question 3 Hard

    What does this hazard pictogram on a chemical’s label mean?

    1. A) gas under pressure
    2. B) serious health hazard
    3. C) acutely toxic
    4. D) oxidising
    5. E) flammable
    Show the solution
    Answer: B) serious health hazard

    How it works: Correct: serious health hazard.

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