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Map of world, with balloon headed for the Matterhorn, and jet streams marked

Beautiful lift-off! You're up now and traveling east with a wind current at 914 m (3,000 ft). Uh-oh, looks like you're heading straight for the Matterhorn on the border of Italy and Switzerland! The Matterhorn is a mountain 4,478 m (14, 692 ft) high. What are you going to do?

I choose to turn the burner down so that the air will cool.
I choose to turn the burner up to heat the air.

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