Grade 2 · Science · Unit 8 of 12
Safety Symbols
Warnings on everyday products
What your child practises
Reading hazard symbols (poison, flammable, explosive, corrosive) on household products, and storing and throwing out dangerous liquids safely.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: C1.1, C2.7 · using, storing and disposing of liquids at home safely, and the meaning of international safety symbols
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Why do we need safety symbols on products?
- To make them heavy
- To warn us about danger
- To decorate them
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To warn us about danger
Hint: Symbols give information even to people who cannot read the words.
Question 2
A container is marked with the flame symbol. What should you keep it away from?
- paper
- heat, sparks and fire
- cold water
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heat, sparks and fire
Hint: Flammable liquids can catch fire easily.
Question 3
A bottle has a symbol of a hand with a drop eating into it. What should you do?
- Pour it in a cup
- Keep away and let an adult handle it
- Touch the liquid
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Keep away and let an adult handle it
Hint: That symbol warns that it can burn skin.
Question 4
Where should household cleaners be kept?
- In a lunch box
- Open on the floor
- Up high or locked away, closed tightly
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Up high or locked away, closed tightly
Hint: Store dangerous liquids safely out of reach of young children.
Question 5
Where is the safest place for a cleaning spray?
- A high shelf or a locked cupboard
- On the bedroom floor
- In a toy box
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A high shelf or a locked cupboard
Hint: Keep dangerous products out of reach of young children.
Question 6
A container has a flame symbol. What does it mean?
🔥- It is food
- It is cold
- It can catch fire easily
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It can catch fire easily
Hint: The flame symbol means flammable.