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Why are the words mass and weight used to describe the same thing?
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∙ 8y ago
Technically they are not. Mass is the amount of matter in an object while weight is how much force an object experiences from gravity due to its mass. An object's weight in a gravitational field is directly proportional to its mass: if you double the mass you double the weight. Since the strength of gravity on Earth varies very little an object of a given mass will have pretty much the same weight any where you take it.
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Describe the relationship between mass and weight?
Describe the relationship between mass and weight.
How do you describe weight?
Weight = Mass x gravitational acceleration.
Is the mass of body the same thing as the weight?
No. The weight is the mass times the acceleration. W=ma. The weight can be zero if the acceleration is zero, even if the mass is positive. Mass and weight are not the same thing.
What is the same thing as weight?
Mass.
Is Mass the same thing as weight.?
No it is not.
Does gravity have the same effect on weight as it does on mass?
weight and mass are the same thing essentially. weight is a measurement of mass. so technically the answer to your question is yes
Do mass and weight mean the same thing?
No
Would a star have more mass or weight?
Mass and weight are the same thing. *Mass and weight are not the same thing. Mass is the measurement of matter within the object and weight is the force applied to the object from gravity. So, to answer your question a star would have much more mass than weight because there is very little gravity affecting the Sun.
What are the relations between mass and weight?
The relations between mass and weight are that mass shows how much an object contains. This is about the same thing as weight - how much an object contains.
What data was used to determine if mass and weight is the same thing?
No proper data can be used to determine a falsehood, and since mass and weight are NOT the same thing there can be no such data.
Are pounds mass?
Anything that can be weighed in pounds contains mass. But weight and mass are not the same thing.
How does going to the moon affect mass and weight?
The person's weight is 0 kg. and the mass will be some thing but i don't knowThanks.
