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1. A football is inflated inside a house. When taken outside on a cold day, the football shrinks.

2. When you are at the bottom of a deep swimming pool, the bubbles you exhale are very small, as they rise to the surface of the pool, they get bigger.

3. An aerosol can explodes when thrown into a fire.

4. A deep sea fish is caught and brought up quickly to a boat. It dies because gas bubbles expand and pop its internal organs.

5. An underinflated raft is left out in the sunlight on a hot summer day. When you come back later to look at it, the raft is totally inflated, and full.

6. You plug up the end of a syringe so air cannot leave and press down on the plunger. As you push down further, it becomes very difficult to press the plunger any further.

7. Tire pressure is lower when a car is parked in your garage than after driving, especially on a summer day.

8. The plunger on a turkey thermometer pops up when a turkey is done (when it has reached a certain temperature after cooking for a few hours).

9. You increase your lung capacity when you inhale, by moving your ribs and diaphragm. This causes air to rush into your lungs. You decrease lung capacity by moving your ribs and diaphragm when you exhale, this causes air to leave your lungs.

10. Popcorn pops because the gases trapped inside the kernel expand as they are heated. 11. It feels cold when you shoot compressed air onto your skin.

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A soda explodes when you shake it and then open the can quickly.

13. To make a hot air balloon rise, the air inside the balloon is warmed from a burner.

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A bullet is shot from a gun.

15. An egg is sucked through a small opening in a glass container when a lit match goes out.

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A marshmallow expands in a vacuum chamber.

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A marshmallow expands when heated in a microwave.

18. Water is sucked up into a glass after a candle uses up the oxygen in the glass.

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