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Smoke rings, fire rings, and bubble
rings are all vortex rings. Fluid
dynamics can help explain why the
vortex rings form in the first place.
Check out this video of a homemade
cannon.
Think about how the smoke rings
moved through the cannon and
explain how fluid dynamics is
responsible for smoke rings.
1 The Science of Vortex Rings
Additional Teacher Resource: Try this vortex tornado activity!
