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Mass and Weight

Day 1,935, 22:32 • Published in Australia

• by Jakesweet27

This my NEW series to make people smarter in Eaus.

Mass and Weight

Mass is the size of an object and weight is the amount of force gravity has on an object.

Mass is an intrinsic property of a body, as it remains the same everywhere in the universe.

Weight is variable due to change in the magnitude of the gravitational force applied by the earth.

Mass is scalar and has no direction dependency

Weight is vector and is directed towards the center of the earth

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Mass is constant all the time. It is measured in kilograms (kg). Weight is mass X gravity, so on Earth 1 gram equals 10 Newtons (the measure of Weight). Weight depends on gravity. When you are 'weighing' yourself, you are really massing yourself - who gives their weight in Newtons? So both mass and weight will typically use kilograms.

Next lesson will be on speed and velocity.

Comments

Crusadercarl Day 1,935, 23:33

I mass the shit outta myself daily.

Majester Day 1,935, 23:55

I admit it... I cracked a smile.

Miss Wolf Day 1,936, 01:31

These articles are getting better and better. Keep up the good work! : )

Daenerys Stormborn Targaryen Day 1,936, 05:55

I do find that your newspaper title suits your articles 🙂 Can't wait for the 'parsec' debate

Jakesweet27 Day 1,936, 06:20

im doing speed and velocity next i will research parsecs later 🙂

Majester Day 1,936, 07:51

PandaCarl eats shoots and leaves.

Arfman Day 1,937, 00:22

Good work.

greg L Day 1,937, 00:51

Well I didn't see any MASS of players defending Tasmania last night, does anyone care ?.. Seems not, our defence was pathetic and non-existant, what did we score ?? ONE useless point, THEY got 87, thats what I call pathetic

greg L Day 1,937, 00:52

and incredibly humiliating to boot.

Camshaft Day 1,937, 07:54

Did you get the 1 point?

greg L Day 1,937, 08:04

I fought in that battle, but someone had a rocket and a lot more influence than I, other than that I didn't see even a dozen fighting for Australia, and it was OUR LAST territory, low on AUD and stuck in Tasmania for a while so there may not be any more battles for me for some time.

venja Day 1,937, 09:11

I think you mean 1 kilogram (that's a 1,000 grams for any pagans present) approximates to 10 Newtons of gravitational force on earth. I say approximate to quietly overlook your rounding error as this is a family channel.

Mickskitz Day 1,937, 17:42

if you want it to be accurate, you might as well use the gravitational constant of 9.81. i.e something with a 100kg mass has a weight of 981N

venja Day 1,938, 05:00

i.e. a round error 🙂

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