Explain the Differences between Weight & Mass.
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Weight (symbolized w ) is a quantity representing the force exerted on a particle or object by an acceleration field, particularly the gravitational field of the Earth at the surface. ... Weight has meaning only when an object having a specific mass is placed in an acceleration field.
DEFINATION OF MASS:
Mass is both a property of a physical body and a measure of its resistance to acceleration (a change in its state of motion) when a net force is applied. ... An object on the Moon would weigh less than it does on Earth because of the lower gravity, but it would still have the same mass.
Weight
(1)Weight of an object is gravitation pull on that object by earth's gravity.
(2)weight of an object varies from place to place because the value of g(acceleration due to gravity)is not same everywhere on the earth.However,it is directly proportional to the mass of an object .greater the mass greater the weight and lesser the mass lesser the weight
(3)weight of an object is measured in Newton.
(4)weight of an object is measured with the spring balance
(5)weight of an object is a vector quantity because it has got both the magnitude as well as the direction
MASS
(1)It is the quantity of matter contained by the body.
(2)Mass of an object is constant at all times
(3)Mass of an object is measured in kilogram(kg).
(4)Mass of an object is measured by beam balance.
(5)Mass of an object is a scaler quantity bcoz it does not have direction ,it has got only magnitude.
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