Question

State five differences between mass and weight.

Answer 1

Mass Weight

(a) Mass is the amount of matter contained in a body (a) Weight is the force with which the earth attracts a body towards itself

(b) Mass of a body is a constant quantity and does not change with the position or surrounding of the body (b) Weight of a body is a variable quantity and changes with the change in acceleration due to gravity of the earth

(c) Mass of a body is found with the help of a physical balance or beam balance (c) Weight of a body is found with the help of a spring balance

(d) The SI unit of Mass is kilogram (kg) (d) The SI unit of weight is newton (N)