weight vs mass

You are holding a Granny Smith apple in your hand at the grocery store. What does the weight of the apple represent?

• a measure of how much matter the Granny Smith apple has

• a measure of force of gravity on the Granny Smith apple

• the force the Granny Smith apple pushes on the ground

• the force on the Granny Smith apple due to its size

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John is pushing a heavy crate across his warehouse floor. The force he's exerting on the crate is measured in ___.

• newton

• kilogram

• pound

• cubic centimeter

You are on a vacation to the Grand Canyon and decide to check your weight on a scale at a local pharmacy. The scale shows that you weigh 490 N. Can you determine your mass?

• 22 kg

• 50 kg

• 100 kg

• 75 kg

You are a chemist working in a pharmaceutical company. You are tasked with creating a new drug and need to measure the weight of a specific chemical compound for the formula. Which device would you use?

• a triple beam balance

• a spring scale

• stopwatch

• meter stick

John is a scientist and he is conducting an experiment to determine the weight of an apple. To find the weight, he should use the formula ___.

• mass of the apple × gravity

• gravity × force exerted by the apple

• mass of the apple ÷ gravity

• gravity × acceleration of the apple

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John is a hiker and carries a backpack that weighs 15 kg during his hikes. What are the mass and weight of John's backpack?

• mass: 15 kg; weight: 15 kg

• mass: 147 kg; weight: 15 kg

• mass: 9.81 kg; weight: 147 N

• mass: 15 kg; weight: 147 N

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Neil Armstrong, during his journey to the moon, notices that his weight decreases as he travels further from Earth in his spaceship.

• True

• False

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John is a fitness enthusiast. One day, he decides to take his workout to the next level and starts climbing a mountain with a 5kg dumbbell in his backpack. As he ascends, he feels that the weight of the dumbbell decreases. Is this perception correct?

• True

• False

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If the weight of an apple were to increase, its gravitational pull on a nearby object would ___.

• increase

• decrease

• remain constant

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You are packing for a trip to the moon. You can only bring objects with a certain amount of matter. How would you define the MASS of the objects you are packing?

• Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• The measure of the gravitational pull on an object.

• The amount of matter in an object.