I'm not sure I get this homework. How are weight and gravity related? Insult me if you wish, but don't expect to get 10 points!
2006-11-06 10:01:52 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Gravity is the force that pulls things on to Earth.
Weight is how heavy something is.
They are related because gravity pulls down weight on to the Earth.
hope this helps!
2006-11-06 10:10:36 · answer #1 · answered by vball.gal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weight is the amount of force down upon something. This is due to gravity. Mass is the amount of stuff something has. Gravity pulls your mass (which does not change) downward. This is considered your weight. For instance you weigh X pounds on earth. The moon has 1/6th the force of gravity of earth. So you would weigh 1/6th X pounds on the moon. Your mass has not changed.
2006-11-06 10:09:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mass is a constant. It's the amount of matter in a given body. (A body is anything you can measure - a rock, a bird, a drop of water, etc..., etc...)
Weight, however, only has meaning in relation to gravity. Your weight represents the amount of force gravity exerts on you.
On the moon, for example, your weight would only be 1/6 than on earth. So if you weigh 120 pounds on earth, you would only weigh 20 pounds on the moon (Which is why astronauts can leap so far).
Your mass, however, would remain the same.
2006-11-06 10:05:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Weight is relative to the amount of gravity on any given object in space. Thestronger the pull of gravity the more something will weigh.
2006-11-06 10:04:34 · answer #4 · answered by cabjr1961 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Your weight is your mass times gravity so weight is a force and that force depends on the amount of gravity so if you went to the moon your mass (body material) is still the same but your weight changes as the level of gravity changes. This is one of newtons laws, F = m * a or force = mass times acceleration and gravity is acceleration (9.8 m/s^2).
2006-11-06 10:04:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The weight of anything is directly related to the gravitational pull. Without gravity, there would be no weight (such as in space). The more something weighs, the more gravitational pull it has.
2006-11-06 10:05:43 · answer #6 · answered by cowboys21angel 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is just from personal experience and knowledge from school:
Gravity keeps us on the ground, and objects that have weight. Objects are made up of mass that has weight. If an object has no mass, it doesnt exist.
does this sound correct? I dont really know where to go for a legitimate scientific answer without plagarism.
2006-11-06 10:07:29 · answer #7 · answered by designerista 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well gravity pulls weight down I guess just look it up on google or something probably for more accurate and faster answers.
2006-11-06 10:04:00 · answer #8 · answered by jrdyn2012 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
gravity exerts force on matter, giving it weight. the farther you are from the source of the gravity, the less you weight.
2006-11-06 10:07:22 · answer #9 · answered by moonfreak♦ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you shouldnt look at weight, when it comes to gravity, what really matter is air resistance, and the shape of an object when it falls
2006-11-06 10:05:05 · answer #10 · answered by jdak34 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋