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.
Only if they are in the same inertial frame of reference. On Earth if a) has a mass of 60kg and b) has a mass of 10kg - then a) would weigh more. If a) was on the Moon and b) stayed on Earth then they would both weigh the same. If b) decided to go to the Sun, then b) would weigh more than a). Mass stays the same no matter where you are. Your weight is deduced by the amount of "pull" gravity has on you.
You would be weightless since you would be in space. the distance to the center of the Earth is about 4k miles.
The amount of matter or stuff in a body is typically referred to as its mass, which is a measure of the quantity of particles in an object. Mass is different from weight, which is the force exerted on an object due to gravity and can vary depending on the strength of gravity.
A bigger object typically weighs more because it has a greater amount of mass. Weight is the force of gravity acting on an object, and mass is the amount of matter it contains. Therefore, larger objects with more mass experience a stronger gravitational force and thus weigh more.
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, weight is a measure of the force exerted on an object due to gravity. It is not a measure of the quantity of matter, which is more accurately described by mass. Mass is a measure of the amount of matter in an object and remains constant regardless of the object's location.
Scientists prefer to describe matter by its mass rather than its weight because mass is an intrinsic property of matter that remains constant regardless of the gravitational field, while weight depends on the gravitational force acting on an object. Mass is a more fundamental quantity for studying the behavior of matter in various conditions and environments, whereas weight can vary depending on the strength of gravity.
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-
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 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.
The relationship is: weight = mass x gravity On Earth, since gravity is about 9.8 meter/second2, or the equivalent 9.8 newton/kilogram, that means that a mass of 1 kilogram has a weight of 9.8 newton. In other places, with more or less gravity, the same mass will also weigh more, or less.
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).
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.
While mass can be a measure of weight in day to day use (ie The box weighed 15 kg) technically it is actually a measure of how much gravitational force an object exerts. This is how the term mass is used in physics.