Everyday activities show us how mass and weight are different. Let’s take a closer look:
Carrying Groceries: When you buy food, like 5 kg of groceries, that’s the mass. But weight is how heavy it feels because of gravity. On Earth, if you take 5 kg and multiply it by 9.8 m/s², you find the weight is 49 N (Newtons).
Biking Up a Hill: The mass of you and your bike doesn’t change, but when you're riding uphill, it feels heavier.
Jumping: When you jump, your mass stays the same, but your weight affects how high you can go.
These examples help us understand that mass measures how much stuff there is, while weight is how that stuff feels because of gravity.
Everyday activities show us how mass and weight are different. Let’s take a closer look:
Carrying Groceries: When you buy food, like 5 kg of groceries, that’s the mass. But weight is how heavy it feels because of gravity. On Earth, if you take 5 kg and multiply it by 9.8 m/s², you find the weight is 49 N (Newtons).
Biking Up a Hill: The mass of you and your bike doesn’t change, but when you're riding uphill, it feels heavier.
Jumping: When you jump, your mass stays the same, but your weight affects how high you can go.
These examples help us understand that mass measures how much stuff there is, while weight is how that stuff feels because of gravity.