Mass vs. Weight

Find the weight of a 20g object

• 200N

• 20g

• 0.2N

• 0.02kg

What is the difference between mass and weight?

• Mass depends on gravity and weight is constant

• Weight depends on gravity and mass is constant

• Nothing- they are the same thing

_______: measures how much stuff something is made of

• Weight

• Mass

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

• weight

• gravity

• mass

• volume

If an object has more mass, then it will

• weigh more.

• weigh less.

• weigh the same as an object with less mass.

• always have more volume than an object with less mass.

Why would you weigh less on the moon compared to Earth?

• less air

• less sunlight

• more gravitational pull

• less gravitational pull

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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

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

• decrease

• increase

• stay the same

• get weaker

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

True or False: Weight is constant. It never changes.

• True

• False

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The amount of matter in an object

• Weight

• Mass

• Volume

• Circumference

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