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Suppose you took a trip to the moon. Write a paragraph describing how and why your weight would change. Would your mass change too?

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Since the Moon is smaller than Earth, it has a weaker gravitational pull. In fact, the Moon only has 1/6 the gravity that Earth does. This means you weigh six times less on the Moon than you do on Earth. Your mass would not change.
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Answer:

Mass remain the same

Step-by-step explanation:

Mass is the quantity of matter found in a body. The mass of a body does not depend on the gravitational force at any point in space.

The Moon's gravitational force is one sixth that if the earth gravitational force which is approximately 10m/s.

Only the weight of a body is dependent on the gravitational force because it's the product of mass and the gravitational force at any point in space.

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