Mass and Weight

What is the definition of "weight"?

• measure of the force of gravity on your body

• the time it takes to get on a ride 

• the amount of matter in an object

• the size of an object

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A measure of how much matter an object has is--

• weight

• gravity

• mass

• volume

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

• increases

• stays the same

• triples

• decreases

On which celestial object would you weigh the most?

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Sun

• You would weigh the same on all celestial objects

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As an object's mass increases, its gravitational pull will ____________.

• decrease

• increase

• stay the same

• get weaker

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what would happen to the force of gravity on you if you decreased in mass?

• the force of gravity would increase

• the force of gravity would decrease

• the force of gravity would remain the same

• your mass does not influence gravity

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Which of the following never changes no matter where in the universe?

• weight

• force

• mass

• pounds

Any object with mass has gravity.

• True

• Sometimes

• False

• Never

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If Earth's mass was cut in half, what would happen to your weight?

• Increase because gravitational force increases

• decrease because gravitational force decreases

• decrease because gravitational force increases

• nothing, weight is not affected by gravitational force

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A person would weigh less on on the Moon than on the Earth because . . .

• Moon has more mass, and therefore more gravity

• Moon has less mass, and therefore more gravity

• Moon has more mass, and therefore less gravity

• Moon has less mass and therefore less gravity

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