Question

2. Answer the following questions.
a. What is the difference between mass and
weight of an object. Will the mass and
weight of an object on the earth be same
as their values on Mars? Why?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Mass is the amount of matter contained in a body. Weight is the force exerted on a body due to the gravitational pull of another body such as Earth, the sun and the moon. 2. ... The weight of a body depends on the local acceleration due to gravity where it is placed.

Answer 2

Answer:

                     Mass                                                            

(i)               scalar quantity                    

(ii)   It is the quantity of matter.          

(iii)  never zero

(iv)  measured by ordinary balance

  Weight

(i)                vector quantity

(ii)  It is the force with which a body is attracted towards the centre of the       earth.

(iii)  zero at centre

(iv) measured by spring balance