Aerial Shell - CORRECT ANSWER A cartridge containing pyrotechnic composition, a burst charge, and an
internal time fuse or module, that is propelled into the air from a mortar and that is intended to burst at
or near apogee
Assistant - CORRECT ANSWER A person who works under the supervision of the pyrotechnic operator
Barrage - CORRECT ANSWER A rapidly fired sequence of aerial fireworks
Battery - CORRECT ANSWER A collection of fireworks devices, such as a group of mortars or a bundle of
roman candles, fused together in such a manner that they are fired in a short period of time
Cake - CORRECT ANSWER Chain-fused firework that propels a series of aerial shell, comet, or mine
effects into the air from collectively attached tubes
Chain Fusing - CORRECT ANSWER A series of two or more aerial shells or other firework items fused to
fire in sequence from a single ignition
, Comet - CORRECT ANSWER A single pellet of pyrotechnic composition that is ignited and simultaneously
propelled into the air from a mortar or tube; a comet is self-consuming as it rises into the air and can be
designed to split apart
Electrical Firing Unit - CORRECT ANSWER A device that provides and controls the electric current used to
ignite fireworks
Finale - CORRECT ANSWER A rapidly fired sequence of aerial fireworks, typically fired at the end of a
display
Fusee - CORRECT ANSWER A highway distress flare
Ground Display Piece - CORRECT ANSWER Fireworks device that functions on the ground or functions
while mounted securely above the ground
Lance - CORRECT ANSWER Thin cardboard tube packed with color-producing pyrotechnic composition
used to construct ground display pieces
Lift Charge - CORRECT ANSWER Composition that propels the firework device
Match - CORRECT ANSWER Black: fuse made from string that is impregnated with black powder
Electric: device that contains a small amount of pyrotechnic material that ignites when current flows
through the device
Quick: black match that is encased in a loose-fitting sheath
Mine - CORRECT ANSWER device containing multiple pyrotechnic effects that are simultaneously ignited
and dispersed by a lift charge into the air from a mortar or tube
Mortar - CORRECT ANSWER tube, closed at one end, from which certain aerial devices are fired into the
air
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