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Air expands when it is heated. This makes it less dense than colder air. Hence, it has buoyancy, and tends to rise. If it is trapped in a balloon, it can take the balloon up with it, along with things attached to the balloon, as long as the buoyancy of the balloon exceeds the attached weight.

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