Unit 6 · Force and Motion

Gravity, Weight and Mass

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1What is gravity? How is it different from gravitation?
2What is acceleration due to gravity? What is its average value?
3Write the difference between mass and weight.
4Why is your mass the same on the Moon but your weight only about one sixth?
5Calculate the weight of an object whose mass is 50 kg. Take g as 9.8 m/s².
6Calculate the mass of an object whose weight is 1200 N. Take g as 9.8 m/s².
7A large stone weighs more than a small one. Explain why, without using the word heavier.
8Why is weight a vector quantity while mass is a scalar?
9Why is the sentence my weight is fifty kilograms wrong?
10What effects would there be on daily life if the Earth had no gravity?