Question

The moon has a smaller mass than the Earth. If

you were to travel to the moon your weight would
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Stay the same
D. Vary with day and night

A force acting toward the center of a curved
or circular path is called
A. Balanced forces
B. Net force
C. Centripetal force
D. Gravity

If dropped from the same height, how would
each ball hit the ground?
Wood Plastic Metal
A. Metal first, then plastic, then wood
B. Wood first, then plastic, then metal
C. Plastic first, then metal, then wood
D. They will all hit at the same time

Answer 1

Decrease

Step-by-step explanation:

If you were on the Moon, which has significantly less mass than the Earth, your weight would: decrease

The point that seemed to be giving me a complicated time was being able to distinguish the difference and meaning of weight and mass and being able to apply that to a problem. I kept mixing up the definitions. For example in homework 3.1, one question asked:

If you were on the moon, which has significantly less mass than the earth, your mass would:

a. increase

b. decrease

c. stay the same

d. become zero

The definition of mass is the amount of matter in an object. The definition of weight is the amount or unit of force. For me, I just had to remember that when it asked about weight, it wasn’t referring how heavy an object is. After I was able to recognize that when it came to weight, questions became easier.

The final and correct answer was decreasing. The answer is because the Moon’s mass is less. This means the gravitational force is less on your body, therefore, your mass is going to be lighter