Bailee explained that when traveling to the moon, he needs to pack light because the weight of objects on the moon is the same as their weight on Earth. The mass of the objects is what changes when the gravitational pull changes. Is Bailee correct in his explanation?(1 point)

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Bailee is incorrect. Both the mass and weight will stay the same.
Bailee is incorrect. Both the mass and weight will stay the same.

Bailee is correct. The weight of the objects stay the same but mass will change.
Bailee is correct. The weight of the objects stay the same but mass will change.

Bailee is incorrect. Both the mass and weight will change.
Bailee is incorrect. Both the mass and weight will change.

Bailee is incorrect. The mass of the objects stay the same but weight will change.

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Bailee is incorrect. The mass of the objects stays the same, but the weight will change.

Weight is a measure of the force exerted by gravity on an object, which depends on both the mass of the object and the gravitational acceleration. While mass is constant regardless of location, weight varies with the gravitational pull. On the Moon, where gravity is about 1/6th that of Earth's, objects weigh less than they do on Earth, but their mass remains unchanged.