Which statement is true about the object?
Responses
The object’s mass changes, but its weight stays the same.
The object’s mass changes, but its weight stays the same.
The object’s mass and weight stay the same.
The object’s mass and weight stay the same.
The object’s mass and weight both change.
The object’s mass and weight both change.
The object’s weight changes, but its mass stays the same.
1 answer
The correct statement is:
The object’s weight changes, but its mass stays the same.
Mass is a measure of the amount of matter in an object and does not change regardless of location (it remains the same on Earth, the Moon, or anywhere else). Weight, however, is the force exerted by gravity on that mass, which does change depending on the gravitational field strength of the body the object is on (Earth versus the Moon).
