Mission NL6: Mass vs. Weight

Mission NL6 pertains to the concepts of mass and weight. In addition to understanding the meaning of the two concepts, you must calculate the weight from the mass and vice versa. The mission consists of 38 questions organized into 10 Question Groups. You must answer one question from each Question Group to complete the mission. The learning outcomes for this mission are ...

 

Learning Outcomes

• The student should be able to distinguish between the concepts of mass and weight.
• The student should be able to calculate the mass of an object if given its weight (or vice versa).

 

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Getting Help

If you are not familiar with this topic, then you should first learn about the topic using our written Tutorial or our Video Tutorial:
 

The Physics Classroom, Newton's Laws Unit, Lesson 2, Part b

• What are the standard metric units of mass?
• What are the standard metric units of weight?
• How is mass different than weight
• What is the definition of mass?
• What is the definition of weight?
• Is the force of gravity acting upon an object related to the mass or the weight? How?
• What does gstand for?
• How does the weight of more massive objects compare to the weight of less massive objects?
• How is the weight of an object calculated?
• Are mass and weight the same thing?
• Is the mass of an object effected by its location?
• Is the weight of an object effected by its location?
• Does the speed of an object (traveling at relativistically low speeds) effect its weight?

 

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Mass versus Weight

  


 

 

Question-Specific Help

Each Question Group has its own Help page with information specific to the question. You can access the Help page from within the mission by tapping on the Help Me! icon (textbook). For your convenience, links to those pages are provided below: