Fireworks Comprehension

The making and launching of fireworks is called ______

• pyrotechnics

• combustion

• mortars

Where were fireworks first made more than 1,300 years ago?

• Spain

• China

• Italy

What does combustion mean?

• a sound wave

• a streak of color

• burning or exploding

_______ create the colors in fireworks.

• metal flakes

• Different kinds of salt

• gunpowder

How are lightning and fireworks similar?

• both create a boom sound from heat.

• both are created by gunpowder.

• the answer is about sound.

Which sentence would be the best main idea for the chapter "How Fireworks are Made"?

• Fireworks have special fuses that control when they will explode and create the designs.

• Fireworks are created from gunpowder and chemicals, and are carefully designed and packaged.