MASS AND

WEIGHT
HOW ARE WEIGHT AND MASS DIFFERENT?

TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES WE NEED

TO COMPARE A FEW POINTS:
1) MASS IS A MEASUREMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF MATTER
SOMETHING CONTAINS, WHILE WEIGHT IS THE
MEASUREMENT OF THE PULL OF GRAVITY ON AN OBJECT.
 
2) MASS IS MEASURED BY USING A BALANCE COMPARING A
KNOWN AMOUNT OF MATTER TO AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT
OF MATTER. WEIGHT IS MEASURED ON A SCALE.
 
3) THE MASS OF AN OBJECT DOESN'T CHANGE WHEN AN
OBJECT'S LOCATION CHANGES. WEIGHT, ON THE
OTHERHAND DOES CHANGE WITH LOCATION. 
MASS
-IS THE AMOUNT OF MATTER PRESENT IN THE
OBJECT.
-MASS IS THE AMOUNT OF MATTER CONTAINED
IN A BODY.
-MASS OF THE BODY IS THE CONSTANT
QUANTITY AND DOES NOT CHANGE WITH
THE CHANGE OF POSITION OR LOCATION.
 
 
THE MATTER IN THE OBJECT IS NOT
CHANGING AT ALL WHICH IS WHY
THE MASS WILL BE THE SAME IN
EACH OF THE CASES. THE MASS OF
AN OBJECT REMAINS CONSTANT NO
MATTER WHERE IT IS PLACED.
SI UNIT OF MASS
KILOGRAM(KG)

THE STANDARD UNIT OF MASS IS

KILOGRAM(KG)
GREATER THE MASS OF THE SUBJECT.
GREATER ITS INERTIA.

INERTIA IS NOTHING BUT THE

TENDENCY OF AN OBJECT TO RESIST
CHANGE IN ITS STATE OF MOTION.
WEIGHT
-WEIGHT IS THE FORCE WITH
WHICH GRAVITY PULLS ON A
MASS.
-WEIGHT IS THE FORCE EXERTED
BY A BODY WHEN IT IS IN A
GRAVITATIONAL FIELD. IT DEPENDS
UPON THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
WHEN YOU TRAVEL TO THE MOON
YOU WEIGH LESS, BUT DIO YOU
ACTUALLY BECOME SMALLER? IS
THERE LESS OF YOUR BODY THAN ON
EARTH? NOT AT ALL! YOUR BODY HAS
THE SAME AMOUNT OF 'STUFF' ON
THE MOON AS IT DOES ON EARTH.
THIS MEASUREMENT IS YOUR MASS,
THE AMOUNT OF MATTER IN AN
OBJECT.
ON EARTH, WE OFTEN USE MASS AND
WEIGHT INTERCHANGEABLY BECAUSE
THEY'RE DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO
EACH OTHER, BUT THEY AREN'T THE SAME
THING AT ALL. AN ELEPHANT HAS MORE
MASS THAN A MOUSE BECAUSE THE
ELEPHANT HAS MORE MATTER THAN THE
MOUSE. IT ALSO WEIGHS MORE THAN THE
MOUSE BECAUSE THE FORCE DUE TO
GRAVITY IS GREATER.
1 KG ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH
WEIGHS 9.80665 N, BECAUSE 1 KG ×
9.80665 M/S = 9.80665 N.
SO, JUST TO CLARIFY, WHEN MOST
PEOPLE SAY “WEIGHT” THEY ARE
REALLY REFERING TO MASS RIGHT?
SO WHEN I SAY MY WEIGHT IS 84
KGS. THAT’S MY MASS AND MY
WEIGHT IS REALLY

84 X 9.81 = 824.04 NEWTONS.

SO 824 NEWTONS IS MY WEIGHT.

 TO SUMMARIZE IT.
THE MASS OF AN OBJECT OBJECTS REMAIN
CONSTANT EVERYWHERE WHEREAS ITS WEIGHT
DEPENDS ON THE GRAVITATIONAL FORCE AT THE
LOCATION.

MASS CONSTANT EVERYWHERE

WEIGHT DEPENDS ON
GRAVITATIONAL FORCE.
 THAT'S ALL!
AND I!
THANK YOU!!!