Weight and mass Gizmo

Your weight is the pull of gravity on your body. Suppose you step on a bathroom scale on the Moon. How would your weight on the Moon compare to your weight on Earth?

• Greater on the Moon

• Less on the Moon

• Same on Earth and the Moon

Your mass is the amount of matter, or "stuff", in your body. How would your mass on the Moon compare to your mass on Earth?

• Greater on the Moon

• Less on the Moon

• Same on Earth and the Moon

Place the dog on the right pan of the balance. What happens?

• The pan goes up

• The pan goes down

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Place the 5-kilogram (kg) mass on the other pan. Which has more mass, the dog or the 5-kg mass?

• The 5-kg mass

• The dog

What is the mass of the dog?

• 2370 g

• 5000 g

What is the weight of the pumpkin?

• 20 newtons

• 10 newtons

• 30 newtons

• 50 newtons

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Predict:

If you take an object to a different planet, do you think its weight will stay the same or be different?

• Same

• Different

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Measure the weights of the Pumpkin on Earth, the Moon, Mars and Jupiter. Chose the correct weights for the Pumpkin:

• Earth 23 N

  Moon 4 N

  Mars 9 N

  Jupiter 59 N

• Earth 97 N

  Moon 16 N

  Mars 37 N

  Jupiter 244 N

• Earth 30 N

  Moon 5 N

  Mars 11 N

  Jupiter 76 N

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Does the weigh of an object change when it is moved to a different planet?

• Yes the object weighed the most on Jupiter and the least on the Moon

• Yes the object weighed the most on the Moon and the least on Jupiter

Which Celestial body has the strongest gravity, Earth, the Moon, Mars, or Jupiter?

• Earth

• The Moon

• Mars

• Jupiter

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