Fireworks

Fireworks look yellow thanks to...

• Calcium (Ca) salts

• Sodium salts

• Barium (Ba) salts

• Copper (Cu) salts

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Strontium salts make fireworks look...

• purple

• green

• red

• silver

________ chemists are working to make fireworks safer for both people and the environment.

• Incandescence

• Luminescence

• Pyrotechnic

• Infrared

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Fireworks can reach temperatures up to ________°C when burned.

• 500°C

• 1,000°C

• 1,200°C

• 1,800°C

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Gunpowder is used to explode fireworks.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Fireworks can be legally purchased in how many US states?

• 50

• 32

• 41

• 27

The type of chemical reaction that occurs in firework explosions is

• synthesis

• decomposition

• combustion

• double displacement

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Check all the colors that can be produced from metal salts in fireworks.

• black

• orange

• blue

• purple

• pink

The explosion of a firework happens in how many steps?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What do you set fire to when you launch rockets?

• the fuse

• the stick

• the bottle

• petrol

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3