how ever, if bought a kilogram of chocolate on either the earth or the moon, you'd get the same amoutn of chovolate in each case, PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS.
2006-10-04 21:42:30 · 6 answers · asked by rex 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Pounds and KG deal with weight, the moon has 1/6 the gravity. You'd get alot more of either on the moon.
Weights work fine on the earth, since it's pretty much a constant. But the chocolate "sold" on the moon would typically be packaged and marked here on earth. So the 'weight' would have already been designated before you got to the moon.
2006-10-04 21:50:26 · answer #1 · answered by MK6 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you weighed the chocolate on a balance, not on spring or electronic scales the amount of chocolate would be the same on both worlds.
A pound and a kilogram are both units of mass. On the Earth gravity exerts a pound weight of force on the pound, a kilogram weight of force on the kilogram. On the Moon the amounts of substance are the same but gravity is less so the force exerted on them is less.
A pound of lead/iron whatever used on one side of a balance on the Moon would balance exactly the same mass of chocolate on the Moon as it does on Earth. Spring and electronic scales are calibrated accourding to weight. A balance is not calibrated according to weight.
2006-10-05 06:28:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You've got that all wrong, mate.
First off, you would get more chocolate on the moon (it would take more chocolate to equal a pound, because of the moon's gravity).
The kilogram would be the same because a kilogram is a measure of mass, not weight. Weight changes with gravity changes, but mass doesn't.
2006-10-05 04:51:49 · answer #3 · answered by adphllps 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The explanations has to do with the difference between mass and weight. Mass is a measurement of the amount of substance of the object while weight is a measurement of the amount of force caused by gravitation pulling at the object. A kg is a measurement of mass and is therefore the same wherever you measure it. Pounds however are a measurement of weight and therefore depend on the gravitational force. Since the gravitational force is smaller on the moon than on earth it would take a large amount (mass) of chocolate to create the force of pound.
2006-10-05 04:53:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you get more on the moon because gravity is less
2006-10-05 04:50:52 · answer #5 · answered by blank 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pound is always a pound no matter hwere you are
2006-10-05 04:47:24 · answer #6 · answered by DEADGONE 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋