Question

Explain the difference between mass and weight. Why is your weight on the Moon one-sixth that on Earth?

Answer 1

The weight on moon is  $(1/6)^t^h$ of the weight at earth because the value of g reduces to  $(1/6)^t^h$ on moon.

Mass is a measure of the amount of matter in an object, and Weight is the amount of force that gravity exerts on an object.

What is the relation between mass and weight?

• The main difference between mass and weight is: Mass is a scientific measure of the amount of matter an object is made of. Regardless of where you are at any given moment, the mass is constant.

• However, weight is actually a description of gravity on an object.
• The relation between mass (m) and weight (W) is $W = m * g$.      Thus, weight is defined as the product of mass and gravitational acceleration (g)
• As weight depends on the value of gravitational acceleration, it changes as the value of g changes.
• Now, the value of g at moon is $(1/6)^t^h$ of the value of g at earth, that means the weight on moon is  $(1/6)^t^h$ of the weight on earth.

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