Read the below activity and answer the questions given below:
A group of students performed an activity to understand motion and forces. They inflated a large rubber balloon and tied its neck with a thread. A straw was fixed along the surface of the balloon using tape. A long thread was passed through the straw and tied tightly between two walls so that it was stretched horizontally.
When the tied thread at the neck of the balloon was removed, air rushed out of the balloon through its opening. Immediately, the balloon attached to the straw started moving along the stretched thread in a particular direction.
The students observed that whenever air was expelled from the balloon in one direction, the balloon moved in the opposite direction. This helped them understand that every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
When the tied thread at the neck of the balloon was removed, air rushed out of the balloon through its opening. Immediately, the balloon attached to the straw started moving along the stretched thread in a particular direction.
The students observed that whenever air was expelled from the balloon in one direction, the balloon moved in the opposite direction. This helped them understand that every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
1. What would most likely happen if the straw was not fixed on the balloon before releasing the air?
2. What would most likely happen if the thread between the two walls were loose instead of tightly stretched?