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A helium-filled balloon can float very high up into the atmosphere, however, it cannot float up into outer space. The air in Earth's atmosphere gets thinner the higher up you go.
- What would happen if you put a balloon in space?
- Is it possible to inflate a balloon in space?
- What would happen if you filled a balloon on earth and brought it to the moon?
- How does blowing up a balloon show that air takes up space?
- What happens if the air in an inflated balloon is let to go out?
- Can you swim through space?
- Can you maneuver in space?
- Can you have fire in space without oxygen?
- Would a balloon pop on the moon?
- Would a balloon expand on the moon?
- Will a balloon float on Mars?
- How can you prove air takes up space?
- Does air take space?
- How can you demonstrate air takes up space?
- Why does a balloon expands when it is inflated?
What would happen if you put a balloon in space?
The air molecules in this space balloon would expand at an extremely rapid rate, quickly pushing the rubber walls past their elasticity limits, causing the balloon to explode.
Is it possible to inflate a balloon in space?
Yes, it is easy to blow up a balloon in space. The way you inflate a balloon is to put a larger pressure inside the balloon than outside, which is easy to do when the outside pressure is near zero. The balloon will continue to expand until one of two things happens.
What would happen if you filled a balloon on earth and brought it to the moon?
For any balloon to stay aloft in... A helium balloon on the moon might as well be made of lead. For any balloon to stay aloft in any atmosphere, the gas inside it must be lighter than the surrounding air. ... Unable to escape even lunar gravity, which is one sixth that of Earth's, the balloon would plunge to the ground.
How does blowing up a balloon show that air takes up space?
Take a balloon and blow it up (fill it with air, that is, don't explode it.) As the air enters the balloon from your lungs, the air (which is a gas) takes up space in the balloon. The balloon expands because the air inside needs to take up more space. So that is how you can see that air takes up space.
What happens if the air in an inflated balloon is let to go out?
When we inflate a balloon, we fill it with a pressurized gas (air). When we let go of the end, the air rushes out and pushes against the air around the balloon to move it in the opposite direction. Newton describes this effect in his Third Law of Motion: for every action, there is always an equal and opposite reaction.
Can you swim through space?
You can sort of swim, but it would be very slow. The viscosity of air vs water is very low. Therefore the 'scoop' your hands or feet can get of the fluid, to propel it, and thus move you around would need to be much higher.
Can you maneuver in space?
In spaceflight, an orbital maneuver (otherwise known as a burn) is the use of propulsion systems to change the orbit of a spacecraft. For spacecraft far from Earth (for example those in orbits around the Sun) an orbital maneuver is called a deep-space maneuver (DSM).
Can you have fire in space without oxygen?
Fires can't start in space itself because there is no oxygen – or indeed anything else – in a vacuum.
Would a balloon pop on the moon?
On the moon, there is no air. ... Since there is no surrounding air, there is nothing for the helium to float above. There's nothing to push it up. Therefore, no matter how much helium is inside that balloon, it will drop and settle in the lunar dust.
Would a balloon expand on the moon?
The moon has no atmosphere to speak of. ... The helium balloon will just fall to the moon with the same lunar rate of gravitational acceleration (about a seventh of that on the surface of the Earth) as anything else. If you pop the ballon, the helium will expand into space -- the molecules will go off in all directions.
Will a balloon float on Mars?
Yes, a helium balloon can certainly work on Mars. There have been many studies at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and NASA's Wallops Flight Facility that show feasible mission designs.
How can you prove air takes up space?
Students observe that air takes up space by "pouring" large bubbles of air underwater and by lifting objects with air-lifting bags. This also demonstrates that air exerts pressure, another important property of air. *Weight is not the same as mass.
Does air take space?
Air takes up space because it is made of particles. ... Air in our atmosphere is made of mostly nitrogen and oxygen. Since it has mass, or stuff, it also has volume. The density, or thickness, of air changes the farther away you get from Earth.
How can you demonstrate air takes up space?
Place the ping pong ball into the clear container filled with water. Put the glass over the ping pong ball so that the ball sits inside the glass. Push the glass down into the water, while it is still over the ball. The water level should rise around the glass and the ball should remain dry.
Why does a balloon expands when it is inflated?
Air molecules collide into the balloon with the same energy inside and outside the balloon. ... These molecules now collide into the balloon with more energy resulting in increased pressure. The increased pressure causes the balloon to expand.
