Fig. 1.1 depicts a sealed weather balloon that is at rest in still air. The labels on the diagram are: weather balloon, instruments. State whether the overall density of the balloon and its instruments is greater than, less than, or the same as the density of the surrounding air.
State whether the balloon rises, falls or stays stationary.
Explain why this happens.
Using the axes in Fig. 1.2, sketch a speed-time graph to represent this motion. The axes show speed on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis, with 0 at the origin.
State the values of the initial acceleration and the final acceleration of the object.