Question

Gravity decreases as you get farther from the surface of the earth. Which of the following also decreases when you get farther from the earth? Question 2 options: Mass Weight Both weight and mass Neither weight nor mass

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Travelling away from Earth

As you travel away from the Earth's surface, your mass stays the same but your weight reduces as gravitational pull decreases.

2. Weight varies due to different amount of gravitational acceleration whereas mass stays the same. In scientific contexts, mass is the amount of "matter" in an object (though "matter" may be difficult to define), but weight is the force exerted on an object's matter by gravity.