Mass and Forces

Mass
 It is the measure of the amount of matter in it.

 Itis also the number of particles the

substance has in it.
 More particles, more mass!
Abalance is used to measure the amount of
mass in a particular substance.
Mass stays the same no
matter where you are in
the universe.
Measuring Mass
 Mass is measured in grams (g).
 A standard measurement is 1 kg.
 ‘Kilo’ means 1000, and 1 kg = 1000g

 Very small masses are measured in

milligrams (mg).
 1000 mg = 1 g
1000 kg 250kg 100kg 10kg
100 g 25 g 5g 1g
500 mg 20mg
Half a gram
Force
 It is a push or pull on an object.

 Measured in newtons (N).

 1 newton of force will stretch a thin rubber band
 What it takes to lift up a D-cell battery
Force
Aforce meter (spring scale) is used to
measure the amount of force on a mass.

 This is also known as measuring the force of

gravity on a mass
 Also known as weight!!
Weight
 Weight is a force and should be measured in
newtons.
 It is described the force that pulls objects together
as the force of gravity.
 Gravitational
force depends on the distance
between two objects
 An object's weight changes depending on where it
is from the source of gravity
 The farther away from the earth, the less the weight.
So why do we weigh ourselves in kilograms
and not in newtons??
 Test!

Mass is the amount of

matter an object is made
of and weight is the force
with which gravity pulls on
an object.

Test!
Picturing Forces
 Forces are shown using arrows.
 The arrows show the direction of the force

Force going right  Force going left 

 The arrows show the strength of the forces

Small force  Big force 