Differentiate between mass and weight?
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Mass:
❤ The Quantity of matter contained in a body is called the mass of the body .
❤Mass of a body remains constant
❤Mass of a body is never zero
❤Mass is a scalar quantity mass is measured in kg .
Weight:
❤The force with which the earth attracts a body towards the centre is called the weight of the body
❤Weight of the body change from place to place
❤Weight of a body at the centre of the Earth is zero
❤ weight is a vector quantity
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Mass:
- It is the matter contained by a body.
- It always remains constant.
- It is always positive.
- It is a scalar quantity.
- Its S.I. unit is kg.
Weight:
- It is the force which the body exerts on the ground.
- It changes with a change in acceleration due to gravity.
- It can be positive and zero.
- It is a vector quantity
- Its S.I. unit is Newton.
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