A scale is used to measure the force of gravity on an object. A balance is used to measure mass.
The force is the Newton unit in SI. For gravity the force is the weight of the object in Newtons
mass is how much weight an object has so mass (N) measures how much weight (G) an object has
-- The mass of one object. -- The mass of the other object. -- The distance between their centers of mass.
Gravity: The attraction between an object on the surface and the center of the earth.
The mass of an object depends on the materials out of which it is made.
Let's be careful here. There's no such thing as the "amount of gravity".Gravity is the name we give to a characteristic of nature that causes aforce of attraction between every two specks of matter. So you couldask "What measures the force of gravity between an object and a planet ?"If that were your question, then I would begin an answer by saying that abathroom scale is a perfectly good thing to use to measure that force.
The force is the Newton unit in SI. For gravity the force is the weight of the object in Newtons
It is gravity.
gravity
gravity
mass is how much weight an object has so mass (N) measures how much weight (G) an object has
-- The mass of one object. -- The mass of the other object. -- The distance between their centers of mass.
All objects have gravity and gravity depends on the mass of an object and the distance between the object.
The object's weight.
All objects have gravity and gravity depends on the mass of an object and the distance between the object.
The object has mass, and the force of gravity gives that object weight, which is mass in a gravimetric field.
Mass measures how much matter there is in an object, but weight measures how much gravity acts upon it. You have the same amount of matter in both places, but you weigh less on the moon because there is less gravity.