The balloon at launch. The capsule is in the bottom right-hand corner. The crane holding the capsule moves left as the balloon rises to rotate the whole assembly into a vertical position
The terms in bold link to topics in the AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and CCEA A-level specifications, as well as the IB, Pre-U and SQA exam specifications.
The height to which the balloon rose is calculated using Archimedes’ principle, and the volume of helium at sea level is found using the ideal gas law. A computer simulation using Newton’s laws of motion can be carried out with a spreadsheet calculation.
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