Mass, Weight, & Density

1. An astronaut has a mass of 80 kg on the Earth. The gravitational field strength on the Moon
is 1.6 N/kg.
a. What is the weight of the astronaut on the Moon?
b. What is the mass of the astronaut on the Moon?

2. An object is put on the left-hand side of the balance, shown below, in order to determine its
weight.

Masses are added to the right-hand side until it balances. The table below shows the effect
of various weight combinations.

Masses on the right-hand side Effect

100g, 50g, 50g, 20g, 5g, 2g Balance tips slightly to the right
200g, 10g, 10g, 5g Balance tips slightly to the left

Which of the masses below is most likely to be the mass of the object?

A. 226g
B. 230g
C. 220g
D. 225g
3. An experiment was carried out to measure the density of air, using a thick-walled bottle
fitted with a tap as shown below.

The following results were obtained:

Mass of the bottle containing air = 410 g
Mass of evacuated bottle = 409 g
Mass of bottle with water = 1150g

The density of water is 1 g cm-3.

What is the density of air?

4. A cube of side 2.0 cm has a density of 6.0 g cm-3. A hole of volume 1.0cm3 is drilled into the
cube. The hole is filled up with a certain material of density 5.0 g cm-3. What is the density of
this composite cube in
(a) g cm-3, and
(b) kg m-3?