Force and Weight

Weight is _________.

• the quantity of matter in an object.

• the measure of an object's inertia.

• the force exerted by gravity on an object's mass.

• equal to the mass of an object.

Weight is constant.

• True

• False

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Mass is often constant for a given object.

• True

• False

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The force of gravity acting on an object is the object's ______.

• mass
• matter
• weight 
• friction 

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Which has more mass, Earth or the Moon?

• Earth
• Moon
• The same

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The scientific unit of weight is

• Kg
• N
• pounds
• Kgm/s

The scientific unit for mass is

• Kg
• N
• pounds
• ounces

What is missing?

• D

• N

• W

• L

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The weight of an object _________ as it moves away from the center of Earth.

• increases
• stays the same
• triples
• decreases

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The mass of an object ___________ as it moves away from the center of Earth

• stays the same
• decreases
• increases
• doubles