What does popping bubble wrap have to do with science? Actually, it demonstrates an important scientific law, called Boyle’s law. Like other laws in science, this law describes what always happens under certain conditions. Boyle’s law is one of three well-known gas laws, which state the relationships among temperature, volume, and pressure of gases. (The other two gas laws are Charles’ law and Amontons’ law.) According to Boyle’s law , if the temperature of a gas is held constant, then decreasing the volume of the gas increases its pressure—and vice versa. That’s what happens when you squeeze the bubbles of bubble wrap. You decrease the bubbles' volume, so the air pressure inside the bubbles increases until they pop.
Context: Cindy is throwing a party. One of the games she decides to have is a balloon popping competition. In which people will try to pop as many balloons as they can and will win a prize. Her friend George pops the balloons by picking them up and squeezing. Her friend Meredith quickly grabs a balloon and throws her entire weight on it to quickly pop it.
Question: Which person will have a higher chance of popping the balloons each time they try one, Meredith or George?