Question

An object weighs 348 N on the earth.
(a) What are the differences between the mass of an object and its weight?
(b) What would be its mass on the moon?
(c) What is the acceleration due to gravity on the moon?

Answer 1

Answer:

a) What are the differences between the mass of an object and its weight?

Mass is the amount of matter present in the body while weight is force of gravitation with which earth attract us towards itself.

weight varies while mass is constant everywhere.

b) What would be its mass on the moon?

Mass on earth= weight/acceleration due to gravity

Mass= 348/10=34.8

Since mass depends on the matter in the body so independent of what the gravity is so it is 34.8 kg on earth as well as on moon.

c) What is the acceleration due to gravity on the moon?

The acceleration due to gravity on the moon is [1/6]th that of the earth.