Weight is a FORCE, like between your shoes and the floor. You can measure that force (or any force) with a spring scale.
Mass is an inherent property of matter that causes inertia. You can measure mass by relating it to another mass, like with a balance scale.
2007-01-23 06:21:58
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answered by Keith P 7
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Mass is a measure of the the amount of matter in an object. Weight is the force due to gravity on a mass.
2007-01-23 14:19:09
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answered by Gene 7
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F=ma
Mass is the measure of how much material an object has. Weight is the force that is exerted upon an object by any acceleration, not just gravity as others have answered. Thus, you feel your weight increase if you are accelerating in an airplane. Likewise, you would feel less weight if you were in free fall and accelerating.
A person in space will be weightless but they will still have mass.
2007-01-23 14:41:47
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answered by gebobs 6
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Weight is the effect of a mass relative to the gravity
Weight = Mass * Gravity
Mass is the same everywhere
2007-01-23 14:18:50
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answered by Michael Dino C 4
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Mass is the amount of space an object or something takes up.Weight is the measurement of the pull of gravity on an object.Mass is the same anywhere in the universe,because an object will always take up the same amount of space wherever it is.Weight will vary because of how strong a planet's( or any other heavenly body) gravitational pull is.This is why astronauts have to wear heavy space suits on the moon....so they won't float away because of their nearly weightless bodies, as opposed to being on earth where you can wear bathing suits and not float away.
2007-01-23 14:24:05
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answered by itscarolj 2
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weight is the affect gravity has on mass. there can be mass without gravity, but no weight without mass.
2007-01-23 14:19:09
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answered by By Your Command 6
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your mass is how heavy your body is wheras a person weight is their mass subjective to the gravity... someones weight is more on earth than the moon beceuse of the gravity diference
Weight = Mass * Gravity
2007-01-23 14:18:20
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answered by rick JAMES 4
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