WEIGHT AND MASS CONCEPT OF WEIGHT 1.

THE WEIGHT OF AN OBJECT IS THE FORCE OF THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL THAT ACTS ON THE OBJECT. 2. THE WEIGHT OF AN OBJECT CAN CHANGE DEPENDS ON THE GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTION THAT ACTS ON THE OBJECT AT A GIVEN PLACE. 3. THE SI UNITS FOR WEGHT IS NEWTON (N) 4. THE WEIGHT OF AN OBJECT IS MEASURED BY USING A SPRING BALANCE OR A COMPRESSION BALANCE

CONCEPT OF MASS 1. THE MASS OF AN OBJECT IS THE QUANTITY OF MATTER THAT IS PRESENT IN THE OBJECT. 2. THE MASS OF AN OBJECT IS FIXED.

3. THE MASS OF AN OBJECT IS NOT INFLUENCED BY THE FORCE OF GRAVITATIONAL PULL 4. THE SI UNIT FOR MASS IS KILOGRAM (kg) 5. THE MEASURING INSTRUMENT IS LEVER BALANCE

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MASS AND WEIGHT MASS NO DIFFERENCES INFLUENCES OF GRAVITATIONAL FORCE VALUE WEIGHT YES

FIXED

kg LEVER BALANCE

SI UNIT MEASURING INSTRUMENT

CAN CHANGE DEPENDS ON PLACE NEWTON SPRING BALANCE

USE OF MEASURING TOOLS 1. LENGTH IS A DISTANCE BETWEEN 2 POINTS

2. LENGTH IS USUALLY MEASURED IN UNITS OF KILOMETRES (km), METRES (m) ,CENTIMETRES (cm) AND MILLIMETRES (mm)