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Explain the difference between mass and weight. Provide an example to illustrate the distinction.
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Explain the difference between mass and weight. Provide an example to illustrate the distinction.

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Mass is the measure of the amount of matter that an object contains and weight is a force that measures the pull of gravity on a given mass. An example is the moon. Your mass is the same, but your weight is different.
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