Show $(x,y) \rightarrow (x,-y)$ is a group homomorphism?

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Show that $(x,y) \rightarrow (x,-y)$ is a group homomorphism from $E$ to itself where $E$ is an elliptic curve in Weierstrass form.

So $E$ is of the form $y^2=x^3+ax+b$. Would I just show that any point $P \in E$ maps to $-P$ and this operation is always perserved? How does this being an elliptic curve alter this basic problem? What's a good way to show that this mapping is a group homomorphism?