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Students of physics often confuse mass and weight of an object and many also feel that there is no difference between the two, while the fact is that there is a lot of difference between the two.
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Mass is a measure of how much matter an object has. Weight is a measure of how strongly gravity pulls on that matter. Thus if you were to travel to the moon your weight would change because the pull of gravity is weaker there than on Earth ...
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Mass is the measurement of how much of something there is. Weight is how much something weighs
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It shows that the scale on the left was measuring the force of gravity (weight) not mass. ... F = G[M m/r2] , where F is the force of attraction, M is the mass of the earth, m is the mass of the object, and r is the distance between the center of mass of the two objects (G is called the Gravitational Constant)
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www.edinformatics.com/math_science/mass_weight.htm
www.edinformatics.com/math_science/mass_weight.htm
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What's the difference between weight and mass? ... That's right...but scientists still like to be careful about distinguishing between the two. If you talk about the mass of an atom--as I will do from now on--you're always talking about the same thing; if you talk about its weight, what you mean depends on where the atom is.
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www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/periodic_table/mass.html
www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/periodic_table/mass.html
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If you're not really sure what are the differences between mass and weight, this section would be the best place to find out. ... Mostly, a physical object has the same amount of matter, and so it has the same or a constant mass. But weight may be different because the weight is based on the gravity. Which means,
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library.thinkquest.org/12632/motion/massandweight.html
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Welcome at Mass/weight...
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www.sunblock99.org.uk/sb99/people/PYoung/mass.html
www.sunblock99.org.uk/sb99/people/PYoung/mass.html
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forces and motions ... Any two masses exert a mutual attractive force on each other. The amount of that force is weight. A one kilogram mass on the Earth's surface results in 2.2 pounds of force between the mass and the Earth, so we say the mass weighs 2.2 pounds.
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Mass and volume Mass and volume are not similar. Asking how they are alike is like asking how length and weight are alike: a string 100 yards long will weigh less than a fire hydrant, which is only three feet tall. If you have two objects m...
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