The Chemistry of Fireworks

How many types of chemical reactions are there?

• 3

• 5

• 8

• 10

Scientists believe gunpowder was invented in which country?

• Japan

• China

• England

• France

Fireworks look yellow thanks to...

• Calcium (Ca) salts
• Sodium salts
• Barium (Ba) salts
• Copper (Cu) salts

Strontium salts make fireworks look...

• purple
• green
• red
• silver

What do you set fire to when you launch rockets?

• the fuse
• the stick
• the bottle
• petrol

Gunpowder is used to explode fireworks.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The color produced by ________ can be controlled by temperature.

• luminescence

• incandescence

• pyrotechnics

• infrared

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Fireworks can be legally purchased in how many US states?

• 50

• 32

• 41

• 27

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

• Incandescence

• Luminescence

• Pyrotechnic

• Infrared

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The type of chemical reaction that occurs in firework explosions is

• synthesis

• decomposition

• combustion

• double displacement

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