How does mass differ from weight?

Answer 1

Mass is a measurement of the amount of matter something contains, while weight is the measurement of the pull of gravity on an object. Mass is the amount of matter in an object.

Let's use examples:

1. You have a beach ball and a Baseball. The beach ball has a bigger mass and is filled with air, but the baseball has more weight because it is nearly solid inside, even though it is smaller.
2. You have a bag full of marbles that are each roughly the same size, and a bag of jumbo marshmallows. The marbles weigh more even though smaller than the marshmallows, and despite that you have the same number of marbles and marshmallows.
3. You have a shoe box holding your new shoes. You also have a velvet-covered box with a new watch in it. The shoes with the box weighs more than a watch in a box. If you take out the items, the boxes are still different weights and have a different mass.

Answer 2

Mass is a measure of the amount of matter in an object, while weight is the gravitational force acting on an object. Mass is constant and is not affected by gravity, whereas weight changes depending on the strength of gravity in a particular location. Mass is measured in kilograms, while weight is measured in newtons.

Answer 3

mass is the area an object covers and weight is well how much the mass atogether weighs like a rock could be 3 inches and a plastic bag could have the same mass but whih one weighs more