2007-04-26 04:37:42 · 12 answers · asked by Candy B 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yah, when they get too high and the atmosphere becomes very dense, they pop.
2007-04-26 04:41:13 · answer #1 · answered by sbravosystems 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Contrary to what seems to be a popular misconception here, air pressure drops the higher you go, hence density lowers accordingly. Balloons do not pop because the pressure "up there" is too high, quite the opposite in fact is the case.
However, the balloon will continue to rise until there is equilibrium between the density of air outside the ballon and the gas (normally helium) inside the ballon, acheiving what might be called neutral bouyancy, and the balloon will stay at that level, at the mercy of the wind, until the pressure in the balloon drops, as it does over time),and the balloon gently drops back to Earth.
They don't even go particularly high up, perhaps less than 1000 feet.
2007-04-26 11:51:06 · answer #2 · answered by BushRaider69 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
u might know that air balloons are mainly made up of helium or hydrogen. earlier times they were filled with hydrogen but no they don't because if the hydrogen gets out it can catch fire. but back to the point helium is lighter than air at normal room temperature and as the temperature gets lower, the helium contracts and shrinks down . this is what happens when you go out to space or u mite say higher up in the atmosphere. it would eventually cause the balloon to get back down on the earth's surface. so the atmosphere doesn't let the balloons to get out to the space. and that is what happens and until all the helium gets out and due to the sudden changes in its surroundings, it comes back down due to being heavier than air without the helium (gravity).
2007-04-26 13:06:51 · answer #3 · answered by b££ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the balloons get into the atmosphere, it gets really really cold causing the pressure to lessen inside the balloon, so it just sinks back down to the ground and lands somewhere.
2007-04-26 11:40:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
They fly up to a certian altitude then pop because the air in the ballon is a much higher denisity then the air outside so it slowly expands until it pops just like if you filled it up to much
2007-04-26 11:43:21 · answer #5 · answered by NASA 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Santy Claus and the tooth fairy keep them in a giant balloon room and play with them when they're bored.
2007-04-26 11:54:29 · answer #6 · answered by Pete 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are right. They actually are all settled at the bottom of the moon, kind of like they do on your living room ceiling.
2007-04-26 11:45:12 · answer #7 · answered by ~~∞§arah T∞©~~ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ballons cant stand the heat from the earths atmosphere so they pop once they are out of sight and the peices of the ballon fall back down.
2007-04-26 11:42:31 · answer #8 · answered by Sydney 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, they can't even make it out of our atmosphere. The pressure that high up would burst them long before they got that far.
2007-04-26 11:42:41 · answer #9 · answered by kj 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They go up into the sky to the point where their density is equal to that of the air around them.
2007-04-26 11:40:46 · answer #10 · answered by Gene 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No they burst at a certain height due to low pressure.
2007-04-26 11:40:02 · answer #11 · answered by Colin 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋