2006-11-01 10:31:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Mass is measured in grams etc and is how heavy something is when no force is acting upon it.
Weight is the amount of mass * gravity and should be measured in newtons.
Your mass can never change, but your weight can depending on how strong gravity is. Eg on the moon gravity is about x5 weaker than earth, as a result you weigh x5 less than you do on earth.
2006-11-01 10:52:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hi, well mass and weight are very different.
Mass of an object is a constant value but weight can change.
Weight is the pull of the Earth's force on the object. Mass is the space an object takes up.
Weight= mass x acceleration due to gravity (9.8 m/s^2)
You can weigh differently on the moon or any other planet than what you would on Earth..As a matter of fact you will weigh far less on the moon than here on earth.
2006-11-01 11:14:13 · answer #2 · answered by sherrylboodramhot 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mass is the amount of matter an object (or body ) has. The weight is the gravitational force of the body or object. For example, an object will have the same mass whether on Earth or on Mars. But the weight will be different on Earth than in Mars because the gravitational force (on Earth it is about 9.81N/Kg) is different to that on Mars.
2006-11-01 22:13:45 · answer #3 · answered by mr_maths_man 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wieght depends on the environments gravity, whereas mass is equal to the matter and energy of an object.
2006-11-01 10:38:40 · answer #4 · answered by accrv 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
mass is the expression of the physical presence of an object, as it were, whereas weight is the force exerted by that mass due to gravity.
2006-11-01 10:46:18 · answer #5 · answered by whoopscareless 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Simply said:
Mass is the amount of matter an object possess.(Unit: g, Kg)
Weight is the force due to gravity acting on an object, hence unit in Newton (N)
2006-11-01 16:57:12 · answer #6 · answered by Ah Long Long 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think your mass is constant no matter where you are but your weight can change depending on gravity e.g. you weigh less on the Moon than on Earth, because it has a weaker gravitational pull, but your mass does not change.
2006-11-01 10:38:41 · answer #7 · answered by Showaddywaddy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mass:-
A body of matter with no definite shape
Weight:- The quantity of matter which a body contains,as measured by it`s acceleration under a given force or by the force exerted on it by a gravitatonal field.
2006-11-01 17:55:17 · answer #8 · answered by stanleyhallwood 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
mass is always the same
wieght depends on the gravity at that perticular place
mass = gravity x wieght eg
a person with wieght 60 has a mass of
m=9.8 x 60
=588N (newtons, it is a force)
2006-11-01 10:37:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mass is the space it takes up and weight is what it weighs.
2006-11-01 10:32:44 · answer #10 · answered by Goofy Goofer Goof Goof Goof ! 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋