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1. Define Mass –. 2. Define Weight –. 3. Describe what will happen (if anything) to mass and weight when you go to the moon. a. Why would this happen? 4. Find the weight of a 60 kg astronaut on earth. a. Find the weight of the same object on a planet where the gravitational attraction has been reduced to 1/10 of the earth’s pull. Show all work. 5.
MASS & WEIGHT. Mass is a measure of the amount of matter (stuff) in an object. It is measured in kilograms (kg) Weight is a force and it is the pull of gravity acting on an object. It is measured in Newtons. Experiment. Collect a 20N spring balance and a set of 100 g masses. Predict the weight (force of gravity) on 100 g. Record this in the table.
Mass and weight. Normal force. Newton’s second law of motion. Friction force. Motion on the horizontal surface without friction force. The motion of two bodies with the same acceleration on the rough horizontal surface with the friction force.
Weight Practice Problems. 1. Weight is a measure of both _______________ and _________________. It is measured on a _____________ _____________. The units for weight are ________________. The formula for finding weight is: W=_________ ___ ______________. 2. Mass is a measure of how much _______________ a substance is made of.
Work out the following problems. Show your working in the space provided. 1. An astronaut weighs 84kg with her pack on, and 59kg when she takes it off. How much does her pack weigh? 2. A box contains 4 packets of cereal. The total weight of all 4 packets is 6kg. What is the weight of each packet in grams? 3. The weight of John’s bag is 615 grams.
Grade 4 Word Problems Worksheet. 1. Camille buys 1 package of ground beef and 4 bags of sugar. The mass of the beef is 1250 g and each bag of sugar weighs 600 g. How much weight did Camille have to carry?
Mass and Weight : Measurement : Fourth Grade Math Worksheets. Here is a collection of our printable worksheets for topic Mass and Weight of chapter Customary and Metric Measurement in section Measurement. A brief description of the worksheets is on each of the worksheet widgets.
