Gravity and Weight

The difference between mass and weight and how they affect gravity.

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  • Created by: Meghna
  • Created on: 16-01-10 19:58
What is Gravity?
a force that pulls all objects to the center of the earth
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What is matter?
the amount of material inside and object
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What is weight?
A force which pulls mass to the centre of a planet
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How does weight affect gravity?
the bigger the mass the stronger the gravity
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what is the unit of measure used for weight
N
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What does a man with a mass 68Kg weigh?
680N
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Why does the moon not fall into the earth as it is orbiting the earth?
Both
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How do you find out the mass of an object if you knew the weight and the gravity?
Weight divided by gravity
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If a man had a mass of 50kg, and the weight is 500N, How much gravity is acting on the man?
10N
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How much mass is there on an object that weighs 50Kg, and the gravity is 10N?
500N
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