Hydrogen balloons are used to study the weather.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is A True
Earlier, hydrogen-filled balloons equipped with meteorological instruments were set up in the atmosphere to study the weather.
Due to the inflammable nature of the gas, hydrogen has gradually been replaced by helium for filling weather forecasting balloons.
Hence, the given statement is true.

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