Mass and weight
1.3What the syllabus asks of you
- State that mass is a measure of the quantity of matter in an object at rest relative to the observer
- State that weight is a gravitational force on an 5 Describe, and use the concept of, weight as object that has mass the effect of a gravitational field on a mass
- Define gravitational field strength as force per unit mass; recall and use the equation g = W / m and know that this is equivalent to the acceleration of free fall
- Know that weights (and masses) may be compared using a balance
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Chapter 1: Mass and weight
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