what is the difference between weight and mass?

Answer 1

Weight is a force generated by the the bodies weight when accelerated by gravity. The metric system has a handy way to keep that straight . Kilogram is a mass unit I Kg x 9.8 M/s^2 is a Newton.

Your mass is the same here or on the moon but your weight changes with the different gravity.

Answer 2

Mass is the amount of matter in an object. Weight is the effect of gravity on that mass. An object has the same mass whether it is on the Earth or on the moon, but since the moon exerts less gravity on the object, it will weigh about one sixth as much on the moon than on the Earth.

Answer 3

Mass is a property of a physical object alone....it's a measure of the matter and energy contained in that object.

In simple terms....if we're looking at you, as a person, mass is how "big" you are.......this is a property of you & you alone and is not affected by where you are.

Weight, on the other hand, refers to the gravitational force acting on an object. This measurement is not a property of the object alone -- but of the object in conjunction with the gravitational force acting upon it.

On earth - you might weigh 150 pounds....on the moon, you would weigh lighter than that because of the differing gravitational force acting upon you.

However - whether here on earth, or on the moon, or anywhere else in the universe - your MASS would remain exactly the same.

Answer 4

Mass is a primary characteristic of matter. If you have matter, you have mass, measured by inertia, resistance to change in motion (can be change in speed, direction, or both).
Weight is mass in the gravitational field of another, usually larger, mass. We have weight because the earth's gravitational field pulls us with an accellerative pull of 32 ft/sec^2. If standing on the floor, the floor pushes back with an equal force. If we jump off of a ledge, we accelerate.
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Answer 5

the difference between weight and mass is your mass would be the same wherever you were even on the moon! your weight change depending on where you are i hope that helps

Answer 6

the difference weight of^AMSS WILL DETERMINE WEIGHT WIHICH IS "THE PROPERTY OF A BODY THAT IS MEASURABLE BY WEIGHING IN WHICH DEPENDS ON THE NATURAL MASS OF ITS GRAVITATIONAL ENTITIES ALSO KNOWN AS ITS' FIELD vs> mSAA WHICH IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ITS WEIGHT BUT NOT DEPENDENT ON ITS' OWN GRAVITY PULL THERE FORE MASS IS AN INTRODUCTION OF INERTIA ALTHOUGH WEIGHT IS THE ENTITY OF MASS;;;;;;; AN EXAMPLE AN ERASER HAS MORE MASS THAN AN APPLE CONSIDERING THE NATURAL MAKE UP OF AN APPLE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MOLECUE IN AN ERASER. OR A HUMAN HEART COMPARED TO IN A BODY BEATING VERSES OUT OF A BODY JUST SITTING WITH OUT MOITION INTERESTING FACT HUMAN RACE IS MOSTLY DEPENDENT ON THERE WEIGHT NOT THE RATE IN----WHICH THEIR BODY PROPELS,,,, NOW IF YOU WERE TO RUN A MILE AND LOSE TEN POUNDS IT TAKES APROXIMATELY ONE HUNRED POUNDS OF YOUR ENERGY TO LOOSE IT TRY TO IMAGINE THIS ...&&&/%%......$$#@>>>^>>**>*()

Answer 7

Mass is how much space an object takes up

Answer 8

Weight = Heaviness

Mass = Area it takes up

Answer 9

Density!