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Gravity is the cause of the forces that give weight to mass.
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How is mass and weight are different?
Mass= # of particles/ matter weight= the force of gravity Examples: your mass is the same on every planet, Your weight is different on different planets
What causes the weight of an object?
it is all to do with the gravity compaired to the mass. mass is different to weight.
Do weight and mass both depend on gravity?
No. Mass is independent of gravity, but weight is a function of gravity and mass.
How is weight and mass different?
mass is the amount of matter in an object. Weight is the measure of force of gravity on an object
Why don't we notice a different between mass and weight on earth?
Because the acceleration of gravity is almost precisely the same anywhere on earth. Weight is the force of gravity on a mass. However, if you have extremely sensitive equipment, you can detect the different weight of a given mass at different locations.
How is measurment of weight different from measurement of mass?
Mass is the mass, weight is mass with gravity acting upon it
How is mass and weight are different?
Mass= # of particles/ matter weight= the force of gravity Examples: your mass is the same on every planet, Your weight is different on different planets
What causes the weight of an object?
it is all to do with the gravity compaired to the mass. mass is different to weight.
Is weight stronger mass?
Weight and mass are fundamentally different things, and they are measured in different units (newton, versus kilograms). Weight is caused by mass, but it also depends on gravity. The formula is: weight = gravity x mass Mass also causes inertia.
Is mass directly propertional to weight?
Yes. Weight is equal to mass times gravity, so if you keep gravity constant (for example, measure different masses on planet Earth), weight is indeed proportional to mass. But if you compare measures with different gravity, you see that weight not only depends on the mass.
Why is weight different from mass because weight depends on the force of gravity?
Yes because it had a force of gravity
Why is the mass of an object the same on the moon as it is on earth but the objects weight is different?
That is because Earth has more gravity. Weight = mass x gravity.
Do weight and mass both depend on gravity?
No. Mass is independent of gravity, but weight is a function of gravity and mass.
Why are mass and weight different?
Mass can be measured by an object's inertia, and that is independent of gravity. Weight is mass times gravity, in other words, it is dependent on gravity. It is considered a quantity that is quite different from mass, although with standard gravity (as is common on Earth's surface), the two are proportional. Read the Wikipedia article "Mass versus weight" for a more detailed explanation.
How is weight and mass different?
mass is the amount of matter in an object. Weight is the measure of force of gravity on an object
Does gravity depend on mass or weight?
well weight depends on mass and gravity so gravity depends on mass. e.g weight=mass X gravity
Why do people have different weight on different planets or on the moon?
People have different weight on different planets or the moon due to variations in gravitational pull. Gravity is weaker on the moon and certain planets compared to Earth, resulting in a person weighing less. Weight is a measure of the gravitational force acting on an object, so it changes based on the strength of gravity.
