Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Air Spy

During the American Civil War hot air balloons were used to spy on opposing sides. How would you describe the action of a rising hot air balloon using Newton's Laws? 

35 comments:

Olivia M said...

it describes newtons 3 law because when the force of the hot air moves up it has an opposite reaction by moving up wards.

Xx_AARON_xX said...

An object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. An object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by an outside force. Force = mass times acceleration. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. We would apply these 3 laws to a hot air balloon.

Anonymous said...

Umm.... You just listed all of the laws. This in no way answered the question asked.

Maddi T. said...

How I'd describe the action of a rising hot air balloon using Newton's Laws is the Newton's 1st Law. Which is an object in motion stays in motion and an object at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. The unbalanced force would be the fire that's making the air balloon rise because before the fire made the balloon rise, the balloon was at rest.

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Nick C said...

An object in motion stays in motion and an object at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

Jakob P said...

it stays in motion

haley marsico said...

In my opinion it would be Newtons third law, for every action there is a reaction. The balloon reacts to the fire.

darren said...

it describes his second law because the push of the fire and thrust are pushing the ballon up and in the direction they are going in.

Cameron M. said...

This demonstrates newton's second law which is that the sum of all the forces acting on an object is equal to the mass of that object times its acceleration.

Hannah Perkins said...

Its newtons 1st law of motion because it stays in motion and when its down it stay at rest.

Wayne Twombly said...

The fire heats up the balloon which fills the ballon with air which sends it up in the air so it is newtons 3rd law of "what has a reaction, Has a opposite reaction."

Kiara M. said...

Newton's first law, an object in motion stays in motion and an object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force, had to do with the rising of a hot air balloon because the fire is the unbalanced force making the ballon rise.

Cameron M. said...

because the net force is forcing it up.

Chris Payeur said...

Law 3 and yes as the video said.

Anonymous said...

It demonstrates the third law.

Leah LaFrance said...

The fire is the unbalanced forces that helps the balloon rise.

Sameena F. said...

It would show Newton's first and third law.

Nate P said...

The 3rd law is what has a reaction, has a opposite reaction. therefor having the heat heating up the ballon the fire forces it down but in the long run the balloon is going to float up

Lewin P. said...

It shows his laws because it would not move unless it is moved by an outside force, the fire is the outside force.

Anonymous said...

It demonstrates Newton's Laws because the First Law is shown when the object goes into motion because of the fire, which is the external force. It demonstrates another law too, the Third Law, because the balloon flying upwards is the reaction force to the action force from the fire.

Ian R. said...

This demonstrates Newton's 3rd Law because as the balloon goes up using hot air, which is the action, while gravity pulls it down, which is the opposite reaction.

Lewin P. said...

It also shows the reaction of the fire action.

Anonymous said...

Also the fire was forcing the balloon upwards so that represents the Second Law.

Lewin P. said...

ANd since the fire goes up it accelerates the balloon with force.

Jacob Esty said...

It uses all three laws when it starts to rise it is both the first and second law to accelerate and start to move and the hot air pushing the balloon up is the third law.

Hannah M said...

This is Newton's 3rd Law because the hot air is pushing down and the balloon is going up.

Aidan Farris said...

A demonstration is that Newtons 3 law is that a hot air balloon uses heat to make it rise.

Dakota Sanborn said...

I am confused

Isaiah w said...

This demonstrates Newton's 3rd law because it has a reaction to the action force which is caused by the fire.

Anonymous said...

The heat rises and forces to raise the balloon.

Cole S said...

it describes his second law because the push of the fire and thrust are pushing the ballon up and in the direction they are going in.

Logan H. said...

1st Law: The ballon is forced by hot air so it starts to float.
2nd Law: The hot air ballon accelerates faster when you put more hot air into the large balloon.
3rd Law: There is a reaction to the balloon when the hot air (action) makes the reaction (balloon) float up.

Jack B said...

You need fire AKA force to push the hot air balloon AKA object to push it up in the air.

KOBE DIXON said...

The 3rd law is what has a reaction, has a opposite reaction. therefor having the heat heating up the ballon the fire forces it down but in the long run the balloon is going to float up