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A weight is measured on the Earth or other planet or moon. A mass is identical to weight on Earth, and so is used everywhere else so that we have some way to compare objects that might come from very different places in the Universe. Also, using mass, a physicist can use the same formulas no matter where the objects they are studying are located. Imagine if they had to have a different formula for each separate space object! There would have to be billions and billions of different formulas!
You could say that weight depends on the force of gravity for the massive (get it? mass-ive?) planets, moons, and so on that it is near. Mass is simply a measure of how much material is packed into a given object.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 11y agoWeight results from gravitational attraction, and that involves two objects, such as the planet Earth and yourself. If you were on the moon, you would have a different weight because the moon is much smaller than the Earth and has a weaker gravitational field. Traveling to the moon does not alter your mass. Mass is just a measurement of how much matter a given object has.
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∙ 13y agoweight is deiffernt from mass
AND WEIGHT CAN CHANGE BUT MASS STAYS THE SAME
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What changes on the moon mass or weight?
Weight.
What changes with location mass or weight?
weight.. Mass always stays the same
Does mass change depending a person's weight?
The weight itself is how much mass is there, so in theory the WEIGHT changes to how much mass there is.
What will happen of your mass if you go up to moon?
Nothing. Your mass isn't affected by gravity. Your weight changes though. Your weight in earth/6= your weight in moon
How does the size and mass of the moon different from earth?
The mass on the moon and the earth is the same but the weight changes.
Why is an object mass rather than its weight used as a measure of the amount of matter it contains?
Mass instead of weight is used to measure the material that matter contains b/c mass is constant at all positions but weight changes with position.
Does mass or weight change?
Weight changes but, ordinarily, mass doesn't.
What changes on the moon mass or weight?
Weight.
When does the weight of a body change?
Weight changes when the mass acting upon it changes or the distance between them alters. Mass does not change, weight may.
How much difference is there between the astronauts mass on earth and on the moon?
The mass will hardly change. What changes is the weight.The mass will hardly change. What changes is the weight.The mass will hardly change. What changes is the weight.The mass will hardly change. What changes is the weight.
What changes with location mass or weight?
weight.. Mass always stays the same
Does mass change depending a person's weight?
The weight itself is how much mass is there, so in theory the WEIGHT changes to how much mass there is.
Does mass change when gravity changes?
No. The mass of any object is constant wherever it is. Only its weight changes.
Compare the changes in the weight of a ball with the changes in the balls mass as the height of the ball above earths surface increases?
Mass and Weight The gravitational force Earth exerts on an object is the weight of the object. Because weight is a force, it is measured in newtons. Weight is not the same as mass. Mass is the amount of matter an object contains, and is measured in kilograms. Even if the mass of an object doesn't change, its weight will change if its distance from Earth changes
What remains the same when gravity changes Weight or mass?
Mass will basically remain the same. As a reminder, weight = mass x gravity.
Is weight changeable property compared to mass?
Yes. Ride an elevator and your weight changes, but your mass remains constant.
Changing the mass or volume of an object changes what?
weight
