2006-12-03 05:33:48 · 6 answers · asked by Alissa S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
the mass is actually how much of something there is
but the weight is the force on the ground.
so basically mass is more helpfull if need to find out something.
also mass NEVER changes but as you probably know weight can change in a different enviroment and atmosphere.
2006-12-03 05:37:43 · answer #1 · answered by Autumns_Coma 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
MAss is the same everywhere. For example, 6 pounds mass on the earth at sea level is the same as 6 pounds mass on a mountaintop, or on the moon, or floating through outer space.
Weight on the other hand is not the same everywhere as it also depends on gravity. For example, 6 pounds of weight on the earth at sea level, would be only 5.99999 pounds on a mountaintop, 1 pound on the moon, and 0.6 pounds floating though space.
Mass is mass all the time and fundamentally the same. Weight is not the same as it changes based on location relative to the body causing the gravitational effect. In other words, how far away is the closest large earth or moon.
2006-12-03 05:44:37 · answer #2 · answered by MrWiz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weight is just a gravitational effect on a mass. You have weight only because of the gravitational pull of the body called the earth on your mass. That is why everyone knows the earth sucks.
In space you have no weight because you are far enough away from the earth's gravitational pull ( hopefully ).
Your mass will still remain constant even in space. It will still take a certain amount of force to move that mass and a certain amount of force to STOP a moving mass. That is why you need rocket packs to get around. Even NASA has the MMU in the shuttle.
The ending of DARK STAR had an entertaining application of this phenomena.....COWABUNGA!, SURF'S UP
2006-12-03 05:52:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mass of an object doesn't change no matter where it is, on earth, on the moon, out in space etc. Whereas the weight does change as technically weight = mass x gravity which is why you are weightless in space as gravity is 0 but your mass is still the same.
2006-12-03 05:36:22 · answer #4 · answered by NarkyBoots 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weight is dependent on two quantities: mass and acceleration.
Your weight = your mass * g
where g = 9.8m/s at the surface of the earth.
Mass is just mass.
2006-12-03 05:36:07 · answer #5 · answered by websnark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weight can change. Your weight is different on the moon.
2006-12-03 05:38:29 · answer #6 · answered by spir_i_tual 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋