Mass is more fundamental than weight. Weight depends on mass, but mass does not depend on weight. A 1kilogram object will have less weight than a 2kilogram object no matter where they both are, so weight depends on mass. However, a single object with differing weight forces, for example a 1kilogram object taken from a hill to a valley, will have constant mass, so mass does not depend on weight. This is the case because weight is proportional to the distance to the source of gravity, which on the surface of Earth is the distance to Earth's center of mass. Since the top of a hill is farther from the center than the bottom of a valley, the object on the hill will experience less weight force than the same object in the valley.
Mass is the actual measurement of the amount of matter in an object. Weight is the perceived interaction between the mass of the object and the gravity of the planet it is on.
For example, your weight would increase if you went to Jupiter, which has stronger gravity, but your mass would remain the same, because you'd have the same number of atoms in your body.
Therefore, mass is based solely on the amount of matter in an object, whereas weight is a combination of mass and gravity.
Mass belongs to the object, and remains the same wherever the object goes,
so it's a real description of the object.
Weight doesn't belong to the object, because it can change in different places,
so it's not a real description of the object.
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More: when the natural force of the Earth's Gravitational pull, acts upon all matter,
it is given Weight. Everything has 'mass' and Gravitational force gives it Weight.
The pull of gravity on matter is different at all places on the planet. Scientists and
Engineers use formulae to calculate facts , which sometimes need to take into
account, the magnitude of the force of gravity at the place where the calculation
is to be made use of. A definition of Weight is : The force of gravity acting upon a
Mass.
Because mass is a measurement that goes along with the object, regardless of
where you take it, but its weight depends on the gravitational environment, and
it may change when the object moves from place to place.
Example:
You have an object with a certain mass. It weighs 100 pounds in your laboratory
on Earth. When you take the object with you to the moon, it still has the same
mass, but now it only weighs 16.6 pounds.
Mass is how much matter is in an object. Weight is mass x gravity. Mass is constant, gravity varies depending where you are in the universe. So dealing with mass is a constant, whereas weight varies.
Because weight is based on the gravity of the planet that an objest is on. Plus all calculations of science, rely on mass rather then weight.
Mass, it's the measure of the amount of the material in an object. Weight is the force the object attracts to the Earth or any other space object, like Moon, Sun, Mars, etc. Weight depends on mass.
Because weight depends on the pull of gravity and can thus vary if gravity increases or decreases whereas mass is always the same.
Weight depends on gravity, so it varies with location. Mass is always constant.
Mass is more fundamental because it is constant for an object.
You would be weightless since you would be in space. the distance to the center of the Earth is about 4k miles.
No. The mass of an object does not change. However and object's weight, which is a function of mass and gravity, is less on the moon than on earth.
Your mass is how much matter you are made up of. Your weight is how much force you exert on your surroundings. If the force of gravity is greater or weaker, then your constant mass will exert more, or less force on the surroundings, ie, your weight will be different.
Gravity is the term used to describe one of the four fundamental forces. It is the mutual attraction between two or more bodies that have mass.
Jupiter is twice the mass of all the other planets combined. It is more useful and more accurate to refer to the mass of planets, and not to their weight.
Mass. Weight is different depending on gravity, but mass is always the same. On the Moon an astronaut weighs less, but has the same mass that they have on Earth.
Weight is defined as the force that an object of mass M experiences in a gravitational field. Where mass comes from and why it is the quantity which interacts via the gravitational force is a more fundamental and unanswered question in physics.
Mass is a fundamental quantity. It's the amount of 'stuff' that an object is made of. You can't get it from a formula, any more than there's a formula for a person's height or the weight of a bag full of sand. You measure it.
No. As long as you don't take any of it away, the same quantity of mass is still there, and the same quantity of mass always has the same weight, regardless of what physical state it happens to be in. No, the weight of the water remains unchanged. Mass is conserved. It does, however, become less dense (takes up a little bit more volume).
Mass and Matter are actually the same thing to be honest. - Actually, there is a useful distinction. Let's use the mousetrap as an example. If I set it, it has more mass due to the energy I've put into it. E/c^2=m So the mass has increased, but it still has the same amount of fundamental "matter" particles (electrons and quarks).
Mass-Mass is a fundamental concept in physics, roughly corresponding to the intuitive idea of how much matter there is in an object. Mass is a central concept of classical mechanics and related subjects, and there are several definitions of mass within the framework of relativistic kinematics (see mass in special relativity and mass in General Relativity). In the theory of relativity, the quantity invariant mass, which in concept is close to the classical idea of mass, does not vary between single observers in different reference frames. weight-In the physical sciences, weight is a measurement of the gravitational force acting on an object.[1] Near the surface of the Earth, the acceleration due to gravity is approximately constant; this means that an object's weight is roughly proportional to its mass. In commerce and in many other applications, weight means the same as mass as that term is used in physics MORE INFORMATION IN WWW.WIKIPEDIA.COM!!HOPE I HELPED. he mass of an object is a fundamental property of the object; a numerical measure of its inertia; a fundamental measure of the amount of matter in the object. Definitions of mass often seem circular because it is such a fundamental quantity that it is hard to define in terms of something else. All mechanical quantities can be defined in terms of mass, length, and time. The usual symbol for mass is m and its SI unit is the kilogram. While the mass is normally considered to be an unchanging property of an object, at speeds approaching the speed of light one must consider the increase in the relativistic mass. The weight of an object is the force of gravity on the object and may be defined as the mass times the acceleration of gravity, w = mg. Since the weight is a force, its SI unit is the newton. Density is mass/volume. -aerol-
Increasing the mass of an object means adding more material to it. For instance, you could increase the mass of a pillow by adding more feathers to the stuffing. On Earth, where the gravitational constant is 9.8 m/s2, adding mass is roughly equivalent to adding weight. However, in physics, weight is a force and mass is a measure of quantity.
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.
Base quantities (Scalar Quantities) :Independent quantities who have single standard units.- time /seconds-distance/metersDerived Quantities (Vector Quantities):Quantities derived by multiplying or dividing 2 base quantities.- Velocity = distance/timeunit of Velocity = m/s
Weigh it (weight of container including water) minus weight of empty container. A length (cm) is not a suitable unit for measuring a quantity of water without more information.
Mass directly affects weight. If an object has more mass, it will weigh more.
Because is mass is more accurate than weight.