What is a common misconception about mass and weight?

Understanding Mass, Weight, and Forces

Interactive Video
•
Physics, Science, Mathematics
•
9th - 10th Grade
•
Hard

Patricia Brown
FREE Resource
Read more
10 questions
Show all answers
1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Mass changes with location.
They are both vector quantities.
Mass is just a fancy term for weight.
Weight is always constant.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How is mass different from weight?
Mass is a vector, weight is a scalar.
Mass has direction, weight does not.
Mass is a scalar, weight is a vector.
Mass and weight are both vectors.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does weight depend on?
The object's speed.
The object's temperature.
The object's location in a gravitational field.
The amount of matter in an object.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How does the weight of an object change on the Moon compared to Earth?
It doubles on the Moon.
It is less on the Moon.
It is greater on the Moon.
It remains the same.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens to an object's weight in the vacuum of space?
It becomes zero.
It becomes infinite.
It doubles.
It remains the same as on Earth.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the role of the normal force in a free body diagram?
It acts parallel to the surface.
It acts in the same direction as weight.
It acts perpendicular to the surface.
It acts in the opposite direction of mass.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the relationship between mass and the normal force?
More mass means a smaller normal force.
Mass and normal force are inversely proportional.
More mass means a greater normal force.
Mass does not affect the normal force.
Create a free account and access millions of resources
Similar Resources on Wayground
11 questions
Forces in Accelerating Elevators

Interactive video
•
9th - 10th Grade
11 questions
Forces and Motion in Physics

Interactive video
•
9th - 10th Grade
11 questions
Forces and Motion on Inclines

Interactive video
•
9th - 10th Grade
11 questions
Centripetal Force and Motion Concepts

Interactive video
•
9th - 10th Grade
11 questions
Forces and Motion Concepts

Interactive video
•
9th - 10th Grade
11 questions
Understanding Weight and Force Concepts

Interactive video
•
9th - 10th Grade
11 questions
Elevator Forces and Acceleration Concepts

Interactive video
•
9th - 10th Grade
11 questions
Normal Force and Equilibrium Concepts

Interactive video
•
9th - 10th Grade
Popular Resources on Wayground
25 questions
Equations of Circles

Quiz
•
10th - 11th Grade
30 questions
Week 5 Memory Builder 1 (Multiplication and Division Facts)

Quiz
•
9th Grade
33 questions
Unit 3 Summative - Summer School: Immune System

Quiz
•
10th Grade
10 questions
Writing and Identifying Ratios Practice

Quiz
•
5th - 6th Grade
36 questions
Prime and Composite Numbers

Quiz
•
5th Grade
14 questions
Exterior and Interior angles of Polygons

Quiz
•
8th Grade
37 questions
Camp Re-cap Week 1 (no regression)

Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
46 questions
Biology Semester 1 Review

Quiz
•
10th Grade
Discover more resources for Physics
25 questions
Equations of Circles

Quiz
•
10th - 11th Grade
30 questions
Week 5 Memory Builder 1 (Multiplication and Division Facts)

Quiz
•
9th Grade
33 questions
Unit 3 Summative - Summer School: Immune System

Quiz
•
10th Grade
37 questions
Camp Re-cap Week 1 (no regression)

Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
46 questions
Biology Semester 1 Review

Quiz
•
10th Grade