Mass, Weight, and Gravity

Mass is the amount of _____.

Matter in an object.

Pull on an object.

Space an object takes up.

Force it has.

Weight is...

How much something weighs.

How much matter an object has in something.

How big something is.

The amount of gravitational force pulling down on an object.

Suppose you travel to Mercury. Compare your weight and mass on Mercury to your weight and mass on earth?

Your weight would stay the same, but your mass would change.

Your weight would change, but your mass would stay the same.

Both your weight and mass would stay the same.

Both your weight and mass would change.

If a solid object was taken far into space, which of the following measurements of the object will change?

Density

Mass

Volume

Weight

Weight is measured with a ________ and uses the unit of ________.

Triple beam balance and gram

Triple beam balance and kilogram

Spring scale and newton

Spring scale and kilogram

A satellite is launched from Earth into orbit. What happens to the mass and weight of the satellite?

Mass stays constant, weight decreases

Both mass and weight decrease

Weight stays constant, mass increases

Mass decreases, weight stays constant

The force of gravity depends on _______ and ________.

Weight and mass.

Mass and distance.

Distance and matter.

Matter and gravitational pull.

The more mass and object has, the more _____

Force it has.

Matter it will gain.

Distance it will roll.

It will weigh.

What of the following changes when an unbalanced force acts on an object?

Motion

Inertia

Mass

Weight

If you swing an object on the end of a string around in a circle, the string pulls on the object to keep it moving in a circle. What does the string represent?

Inertia

Resistance

Centripetal

Gravity

Mass, Weight, and Gravity

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