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As it rises up it goes into a region of lower pressure (pressure decreases in altitude) ans as it enters this region the gases in the balloon expand due to a thermodynamic relationship. Pressure and volume of the gas are related. PV= nRT (rearranged to P= nRT/V). So as it goes up in altitude the pressure goes down thus making the volume increase causing it to pop.

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