Mass and Weight
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- Not completed: Gravity and Universal Gravitation
- Not completed: Newton's Second Law of Motion
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Learning Objectives
- Students will distinguish between mass and weight
- Students will calculate weight from mass
- Students will understand that weight varies with location
Core Concepts
- Mass: amount of matter (constant everywhere)
- Weight: gravitational force on mass (varies by location)
- W = mg relationship