What is the difference between weight and mass? Class 8

What is the difference between weight and mass? Class 8

What is the difference between weight and mass? Class 8

Answer:

Mass is the amount of matter in an object. Weight is the downward force acting upon an object due to gravity.

Mass:

1. Mass is the amount of matter in an object.
2. It stays the same everywhere (Earth, Moon, etc.).
3. Measured in kilograms (kg).

Weight

1. Weight is the force of gravity acting on that mass.
2. It changes depending on gravity (less on Moon, more on Jupiter).
3. Measured in newtons (N).