Hot Air Balloon Scavenger Hunt

We have been studying hot air balloons, volume and Archimedes Principle. In this internet scavenger hunt you will learn more about these topics.

Instructions-

Use the web sites listed  under the process tab to locate the answers to the questions.  You may copy the questions  type the  answers in  a Word or Google Doc or write them on a yellow webquest answer sheet. Each response should be clearly numbered and be answered using specific examples from the websites in your own words.  Remember to use complete sentences.

Below are the sites you will need to go to find the answers to your questions.

   History and Parts of a Hot Air Balloon

http://travel.howstuffworks.com/hot-air-balloon.htm

www.hotairballoon.org/vermont/faq.html

 Archimedes Principle & Bouyancy

www.aquaholic.com/gasses/archem.htm

 

  Vocabulary

http://schoolhouse1.fenn.org/dduane/science8th/bib_properties_of_matter.htm

 

Weight and Mass

www.myastrologybook.com/mass-vs-weight.htm

 

 

Here are the questions you will need to answer. Read them carefully. Many have more than one part.

 

1. Define mass:

 

 

 

 

2. How does a balloon pilot control BOTH ascent and descent of a balloon? (Be specific and address both)

 

 

 

 

3. Which part of the balloon is known as the gore?

 

 

 

 

4. What is Archimedes’s Principle?

 

 

 

 

5. Define volume:

 

 

 

6. Explain in simple terms how mass and weight differ.

 

 

 

 

 

7. What factors determine whether an object floats or sinks?

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Define density and list the formula:

 

 

 

 

9. How do pilots steer their balloons?

 

 

 

 

10. When is the best time to fly a hot air balloon? Why?

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. What is the envelope of a hot air balloon made of?

 

 

 

 

12. What are the three essential parts of a hot air balloon?

 

 

 

 

13. How does a pilot control horizontal movement?

 

 

 

 

 

14. Who was responsible for early ballooning and what was sent up in the first balloon launch?

 

 

 

 

 

 

15. An objects weight depends on what two factors?

Remember you can email your work to

gblanchette@arlington.k12.ma.us for Mr. Blanchette

or

bwhitney@arlington.k12.ma.us for Mrs. Whitney

You can also turn it into your class folder.