Define mass n weight? What is the relationship between them?

Question

Define mass n weight? What is the relationship between them?

Answer 1

Mass is how much material in the thing.

Weight is the the gravitational force on the thing due to the "mass" being close to another massive object, like the Earth.

Answer 2

Mass : This is the amount of matter in a body. It is measured in kilograms(kg). No matter where you go on earth, or anywhere else in the universe mass will not change. For instance, a 75kg astronaut on earth is still a 75kg astronaut in orbit or on the moon.

Weight: This is a force unit and is measured in Newtons(N). It is derived from the mass of an object, multiplied by the acceleration acting on the body. For example, the 75kg astronaut when on earth is subject to a downward acceleration due to gravity of 9.81m/s². Therefore, his weight on earth will be 75 x 9.81 = 735.75N. When the astronaut is in orbit, due to the combination of of forces acting on the astronaut, he actually experiences a resultant acceleration of 0. His weight is therefore zero. We use the well known term "weightless" to describe this condition. The important thing to remember is that a state of weightlessness does not mean that he is also massless - he is atill a 75kg astronaut.

Answer 3

Mass is the total amount of material in any object. whereas, weight is the amount of force exerted by any object in its normal position.

        Weight=Mass*Accelaration due to gravity(i.e. 9.8)

Answer 4

mass is the quantity of matter contained in the body whereas weight  means the product of mass with the gravitational pull acting on that body.

           if 'M' is the mass &'G'be gravitational pull then

                  weight = M * G

Answer 5

mass is the quantity of matter a body possesses.while weight is the earth's pull on an object.the relationship btw them is 1Kg=10N

since u know weight is also force .

Answer 6

mass is how heavy an object is.

weight is the gravitational pull of the earth to the object.

Answer 7

Mass is the amount of matter something contains.

Weight takes into account both mass and gravity.  (Weight = Mass * Gravity).  Weight is the force that gravity on the object.

If we found the mass and weight of an object both here and on the moon, the mass would be the same, but the weight would be different.