mass and weight year 9

What is the definition of "weight"?

• measure of the force of gravity on your body
• the time it takes to get on a ride 
• the amount of matter in an object
• the size of an object

A measure of how much matter an object has is--

• weight
• gravity
• mass
• volume

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

If an object has more mass, then it will

• weigh more.
• weigh less.
• weigh the same as an object with less mass.
• always have more volume than an object with less mass.

What does this tool measure?

• weight
• meters
• mass
• force

What unit measures mass?

• grams

• Newtons

• centimeters

What is the difference between mass and weight?

• Mass depends on gravity and weight is constant

• Weight depends on gravity and mass is constant

• Nothing- they are the same thing

True or False: Weight is constant. It never changes.

• True

• False

_______: measures how much stuff something is made of

• Weight

• Mass