You are given a fully blow ballon, a tube of hot, water, and a tube of ice-cold water. Using these items, explain how you would show that expands on heating and contain when it's cool down
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Answer:
Materials Required:balloons, trough, ice cold water, hot water, bottle
Method:Take a bottle. Tie the balloon tightly on the neck of the bottle. Place the bottle in a container having hot water. Record your observation. Now place the bottle in cold water. Again observe.
Observation:When the bottle is placed in hot water, the balloon expands. When the bottle is placed in cold water, it contracts.
Inference: This happens because when the bottle is placed in hot water, the air in it becomes warm and expands due to which balloon also expands. When the bottle is placed in cold water, the air in the bottle contracts due to which balloon also contracts.
Daily life examples where you can see the air expands on heating
Hot air balloon rises up: This is because the air in the balloon expands on heating. It also becomes lighter hence rises up.
Monsoon Winds:Monsoon winds are caused due to more heating of land at the equator during summer months. Due to this, the air above the land at equator rises up. The moisture-laden winds from oceans towards southern hemisphere blow towards the equator. These are the monsoon winds which cause rainfall.
Land Breeze and Sea Breeze: They are caused due to uneven heating of the air. The land always gets heated and gets cooled faster as compared to water. In coastal areas, during the daytime, the air above the land gets heated very quickly as compared to water in the sea. The air above the land is hotter and lighter rises up. The cool air above the sea rushes towards land to take its place. This causes sea breeze. During night land gets cooled faster whereas sea is still hot. The air above the sea being comparatively hotter rises up. The air above the land rushes towards the sea. This causes the land breeze.
- Materials Required: balloons, trough, ice cold water, hot water, bottle
- Method: Take a bottle. Tie the balloon tightly on the neck of the bottle. Place the bottle in a container having hot water. Record your observation. Now place the bottle in cold water. Again observe.
- Observation: When the bottle is placed in hot water, the balloon expands. When the bottle is placed in cold water, it contracts.
- Inference: This happens because when the bottle is placed in hot water, the air in it becomes warm and expands due to which balloon also expands. When the bottle is placed in cold water, the air in the bottle contracts due to which balloon also contracts.