2007-01-17 20:09:12 · 11 answers · asked by ? 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
force experienced due to gravity is weight... greater the gravity more will be weight... directly proportional.... both are variable... ur mass is constant however
2007-01-17 20:19:02 · answer #1 · answered by Sandeep K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weight = Mass * Gravity
While in English, we often use the words mass and weight interchangeably, they have very different meanings in the world of physics! Your mass is how much matter you are made of. Your weight is how much force you exert.
If, for example, you went from the earth to the moon, your mass would stay essentially the same, but because the moon has less gravity, your weight would decrease! The opposite effect happens if you go to a planet with more gravity, you weigh more.
2007-01-18 04:15:28 · answer #2 · answered by bucksfan32 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
gravity is related to wait simply so,
weight is the measure of force that two objects gravitational pull put on each other, directly related through the two masses, distance of radius, and the gravitational constant.
2007-01-18 04:13:07 · answer #3 · answered by Scott and Friends 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
weight is the measurement of gravitational force on an object.
that's why your weight on moon and on earth is different, since the moon's gravity and earth's gravity are different.
2007-01-18 04:12:14 · answer #4 · answered by John Doe 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To put it in as simple terms possible,
Your weight is equal to the amount of gravitational force needed to hold you down onto the earth.
The more mass you have, the more force needed to keep your feet on the ground.
There you have it :)
2007-01-18 04:18:30 · answer #5 · answered by STINEY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
weight is the gravitational pull of the earth towards an object. its standard unit is in Newton, which is equal to kg.m/sec2 (kilograms times meter per second squared).
So when someone asks, "how much is your weight?" it's supposed to be, "how much is your mass?"
Mass on the other hand, is the amount of matter in an object. Its standard unit is in kilograms.
Hope that clears out your question.
2007-01-18 04:22:52 · answer #6 · answered by banana_otaku 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B=mxg
B=weight
m=mass
g=acceleration of gravity
2007-01-18 04:14:27 · answer #7 · answered by Roubini 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mass
Weight is a measurement of gravity's effect on mass.
2007-01-18 04:12:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the more something weighs the faster it will fall, also the more something weighs the more resistance to movement it will have, because of the pull of gravity.
2007-01-18 04:14:12 · answer #9 · answered by reshadow31 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WEIGHT is a measure of the GRAVITATIONAL attraction between two MASSES.
2007-01-18 04:31:17 · answer #10 · answered by Mika K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋