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hashir_shakoor2003
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what is the difference between mass and weight
(please explain detailed) thanks
(please explain detailed) thanks
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Cara-lina
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mass>>is the stuff inside you, it doesn't change!
wight>>depends on the force that is pushing you, your weight will change in the moon cuz the force there is different that the one here.
wight>>depends on the force that is pushing you, your weight will change in the moon cuz the force there is different that the one here.
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Chris
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Mass = The amount of matter within an object
Weight = The Earth's pull on an object's mass
Note: There is no such thing as Gravity. Its a Gravitational force, or the Earth's magnetic pull on an object's surface. If you can't see, touch, or smell something, it doesn't exist.
Mass = The amount of matter within an object
Weight = The Earth's pull on an object's mass
Note: There is no such thing as Gravity. Its a Gravitational force, or the Earth's magnetic pull on an object's surface. If you can't see, touch, or smell something, it doesn't exist.
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natalie cullen
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the same as mass as that term is used in physics.[1][2] In modern scientific usage, however, weight and mass are fundamentally different quantities: mass is an intrinsic property of matter, whereas weight is a force that results from the action of gravity on matter: it measures how strongly gravity pulls on that matter.
However, the recognition of this difference is, historically, and contemporarily, a relatively recent development and in many everyday situations the word "weight" continues to be used when "mass" is meant. For example, most people would say that an object "weighs one kilogram", even though the kilogram is a unit of mass.
The distinction between mass and weight is unimportant for many practical purposes because the strength of gravity is very similar everywhere on the surface of the Earth. In such a constant gravitational field, the gravitational force exerted on an object (its weight) is directly proportional to its mass. For example, object A weighs 10 times as much as object B, so therefore the mass of object A is 10 times greater than that of object B. This means that an object's mass can be measured indirectly by its weight (for conversion formulas see below).
Nevertheless, the Earth's gravitational field can vary by as much as 0.5%[3] at different locations on Earth (see Earth's gravity). These variations alter the relationship between weight and mass, and must be taken into account in high precision weight measurements that are intended to indirectly measure mass. To eliminate this variation, when the weight of objects is used in commerce, the value given is what the objects would weigh at a nominal standard gravitational acceleration of 9.80665 m/s2 (approx. 32.174 ft/s2) Spring scales, which measure local weight, must be calibrated at the location at which the objects will be used to show this standard weight, to be legal for commerce.
The use of "weight" for "mass" also persists in some scientific terminology – for example, in the chemical terms "atomic weight", "molecular weight", and "formula weight", can still be found rather than the preferred "atomic mass" etc.
The difference between mass and force may be important when:
objects are compared in different gravitational fields, such as away from the Earth's surface. For example, on the surface of the Moon, gravity is only about one-sixth as strong as on the surface of the Earth. A one-kilogram mass is still a one-kilogram mass (as mass is an intrinsic property of the object) but the downward force due to gravity is only one-sixth of what the object would experience on Earth.
locating the center of gravity of an object (although if the gravitation field is uniform, the center of gravity will coincide with the center of mass).
an object is submersed in a fluid (for instance, a brick weighs less when placed in water, and helium balloon in the atmosphere appears to have negative weight).
(wikipedia.org)
However, the recognition of this difference is, historically, and contemporarily, a relatively recent development and in many everyday situations the word "weight" continues to be used when "mass" is meant. For example, most people would say that an object "weighs one kilogram", even though the kilogram is a unit of mass.
The distinction between mass and weight is unimportant for many practical purposes because the strength of gravity is very similar everywhere on the surface of the Earth. In such a constant gravitational field, the gravitational force exerted on an object (its weight) is directly proportional to its mass. For example, object A weighs 10 times as much as object B, so therefore the mass of object A is 10 times greater than that of object B. This means that an object's mass can be measured indirectly by its weight (for conversion formulas see below).
Nevertheless, the Earth's gravitational field can vary by as much as 0.5%[3] at different locations on Earth (see Earth's gravity). These variations alter the relationship between weight and mass, and must be taken into account in high precision weight measurements that are intended to indirectly measure mass. To eliminate this variation, when the weight of objects is used in commerce, the value given is what the objects would weigh at a nominal standard gravitational acceleration of 9.80665 m/s2 (approx. 32.174 ft/s2) Spring scales, which measure local weight, must be calibrated at the location at which the objects will be used to show this standard weight, to be legal for commerce.
The use of "weight" for "mass" also persists in some scientific terminology – for example, in the chemical terms "atomic weight", "molecular weight", and "formula weight", can still be found rather than the preferred "atomic mass" etc.
The difference between mass and force may be important when:
objects are compared in different gravitational fields, such as away from the Earth's surface. For example, on the surface of the Moon, gravity is only about one-sixth as strong as on the surface of the Earth. A one-kilogram mass is still a one-kilogram mass (as mass is an intrinsic property of the object) but the downward force due to gravity is only one-sixth of what the object would experience on Earth.
locating the center of gravity of an object (although if the gravitation field is uniform, the center of gravity will coincide with the center of mass).
an object is submersed in a fluid (for instance, a brick weighs less when placed in water, and helium balloon in the atmosphere appears to have negative weight).
(wikipedia.org)
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Courtneyrae014
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mass- amount of space an object takes up
weight-measured by how much gravity pulls it towards earth
weight-measured by how much gravity pulls it towards earth