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2006-08-30 11:51:33 · 4 answers · asked by Tweety 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
You have GOT to be in just about --to me anyway-- one of the coolest chapters in your whole physics book. Yeah, I love this stuff.
Anyway, the mass of an object is considered a constant regardless of location. A 1 Kg object will have 1 Kg of matter no matter where it is, on the surface of the earth, at the bottom of the ocean, or zipping by the planet Jupiter.
Weight is a result of gravity. Weight changes relative to what gravity well an object in under the influence of. Sorry but I find it difficult to explain without bringing Einstein into it and, like I said, I think you're supposed to stick to Newton's Laws.
2006-08-30 11:57:38 · answer #1 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the formula for weight is m x g, it depend on gravitational force but outside the earth there is no or less gravitational force so our weight changes
and mass is more fundamental and so our mass doesn't change
2006-08-30 11:56:15 · answer #2 · answered by Rock D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're in constant freefall. so you appear weightless. you are constantly falling 9.8 m/s towards the earth.
2006-08-30 11:57:10 · answer #3 · answered by Raven 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because their is no gravitational force or pull that pulls u down so you're weightless
2006-08-30 11:53:45 · answer #4 · answered by Valerie M 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋