In today's lesson, we learnt about momentum. Our labs and
activities were focused on the Law of Conservation of Momentum – In an isolated
system, momentum will be conserved. This means that momentum will be
transferred between objects in order to be "conserved" and saved. So
tonight when the fireworks were going off, it got me thinking about momentum.
Because there is no additional fuel to be burned after the initial takeoff, all
the movement you see in a firework is due to momentum. After the first burst of
force, the firework will continue to move up with momentum, fighting the force
of gravity acting against it. It amazed me to think that momentum could solely
push the fireworks hundreds of feet upward against the force of gravity.
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