It has something to do with air pressure, but i'm not entirely sure. Help!
2007-05-30 10:25:10 · 7 answers · asked by Jennifer S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
PV = nRT
Pressure goes down way up high.
So volume goes up.
POP!
2007-05-30 10:27:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, the air pressure increases as you get closer to the surface of the earth. This is due to the weight of the air above it pushing down. A balloon is filled with helium and released. It starts to move up. As it moves up it starts to experience less air pressure. The helium inside the balloon will try to expand because the air pressure is not pushing on the exterior of the balloon as hard as when it was at ground level. This causes the balloon to get bigger. The gas inside the balloon cannot escape but it needs to expand. This will continue as the balloon gets higher until the latex of the balloon cannot take the pressure difference anymore and pops.
2007-05-30 10:30:17 · answer #2 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The prevailing atmospheric pressure decreases with height. As a balloon rises, the pressure exerted on its surface by the atmosphere therefore decreases. As this occurs, the internal pressure of the balloon does not change, but equals that of atmospheric pressure and then becomes greater. This causes the balloon to expand until it pops.
2007-05-30 10:35:17 · answer #3 · answered by nabnel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, when the balloon is around earth, the air is exerting an almost equal force to what the balloon is exerting outward. As soon as the balloon starts to get higher in the air, there is less air pressure. So, the balloon is exerting more pressure outward than the air is exerting inward. The outward force soon becomes greater than the rubber of the balloon can handle, and it pops.
2007-05-30 11:46:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the external pressure decreases with height, the internal volume of the ballon increases to a point where the material of the balloon cannot stretch any more and it bursts.
(The internal pressure of the balloon is trying to match the external air pressure but, as the gas in the balloon cannot escape, the balloon expands).
Pressure decrease <====> Volume Increase.. Boyle's Law.
2007-05-30 10:32:51 · answer #5 · answered by Norrie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the air pressure gets lower as the balloon rises. The pressure in the balloon expands the balloon until it can't stretch any more so it pops.
2007-05-30 10:30:17 · answer #6 · answered by bell110 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the higher you assend into the atmosphere the greater the pressure becomes, the answer is pressure.
2007-05-30 10:33:51 · answer #7 · answered by Robert H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋