Response to Text - Fireworks Friday (W5, T4)

 Response to text:

Fireworks

Highlight the correct answer or write down the appropriate response.

1. Fireworks were first made from… 

a) Bombs b) Bamboo

c) Baboons d) Gunpowder

2. Where were fireworks first invented??

a) Italy b) USA

c) United Kingdom d) China

3. Explain where the word “pyrotechnics” comes from, and what it means.

→The word comes from Greek words that mean fire and art

4. True or False: Sodium salts create deep-red coloured fireworks.

a) True b) False

5. In what year did Guy Fawkes try to blow up the King?

a) 1506 b) 1605

c) 1650 d) November 5th

6. What are the 3 main components (parts) of a firework?

→ Colour, Noise and Light

7. Explain, in your own words, how “fireworks” can be used to save lives.

→Trcks, RailRoad Trains and cross-country buses have red flares that are at the back of broken down vehicles to stop crashes. Airplanes have red flares to light up the ground when they have to land at night. 

8. Do you think people should be allowed to set fireworks off at home? 

Explain your reasons why or why not.

→Yes : I think that if they are in an safe environment where there is no trees or anything that can burn that they can do it at home but only with a adult 

No: I think that if they have pets or children that they should not have it at home and it might burn their house, so I think that they should go somewhere near water to set it off but NEVER GRASS!