give four points of difference between mass and weight
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The difference between mass and weight is that mass is the amount of matter in a material, while weight is a measure of how the force of gravity acts upon that mass. Mass is the measure of the amount of matter in a body. ... Weight usually is denoted by W. Weight is mass multiplied by the acceleration of gravity (g).
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Mass
- Mass is the actual amount of material contained in a body.
- Constant quantity and does not change with the change of position or location.
- SI unit is kg.
- It is a Scalar quantity.
Weight
- Weight is the force exerted by the gravity on that object.
- W= mg
- Variable quantity and changes with the change in position and location due to the acceleration of the gravity acting on it.
- SI unit is Newton.
- It is a Vector quantity.
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