Mass and Weight

Weight is _________.

• the quantity of matter in an object.

• the measure of an object's inertia.

• the force exerted by gravity on an object's mass.

• equal to the mass of an object.

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Weight is constant.

• True

• False

Mass is often constant for a given object.

• True

• False

The force of gravity acting on an object is the object's ______.

• mass
• matter
• weight 
• friction 

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The amount of matter in an object is 

• pressure
• weight
• mass
• force

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Which has more mass, Earth or the Moon?

• Earth
• Moon
• The same

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The scientific unit of weight is

• Kg
• N
• pounds
• Kgm/s

The scientific unit for mass is

• Kg
• N
• pounds
• ounces

The mass of an object ___________ as it moves away from the center of Earth

• stays the same
• decreases
• increases
• doubles

As an object's mass increases, its gravitational pull will ____________.

• decrease
• increase
• stay the same
• get weaker

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