GCSE Physics – Weight and mass

Last updated: 08/05/2020
CCEA GCSE Science – Combined science higher Force GCSE Physics – Weight and mass

Learning Objectives

-I can recall the difference between weight and mass
-I can recall how to measure weight
-I can recall the units needed for W = mg
-I can rearrange W = mg
-I can use W = mg

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  1. What is mass?

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  2. What is the centre of mass for a uniform sphere?

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  3. What is weight?

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  4. What type of quantity is weight?

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  5. What is the link between mass and weight?

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  6. What direction does weight act in?

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  7. Where do we consider the weight of an object to act?

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  8. What is the point where we consider weight to act called?

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  9. What does the weight of an object depend on?

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  10. What else does the weight of an object depend on?

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  11. How do we measure weight?

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  12. What is the equation for weight?

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  13. What are the units for weight and mass?

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  14. What is “g” in the equation to find weight?

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  15. What are the units for g?

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  16. What is the value of g on Earth?

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  17. Does g ever change on Earth?

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  18. What is the value of g on different planets?

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  19. Why is there a force of gravity close to the Earth?

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  20. What is the weight of a 5.2 kg object with g = 10 N/kg?

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  21. What is the weight of a 0.002 kg object with g = 10 N/kg?

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  22. What is the weight, in N, of a 2 x 103 kg object with g = 10 N/kg?

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  23. What is the mass of an object with 56.7 N of weight ? (g = 10 N/kg)

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  24. What is the mass of a pencil with 0.6 N of weight ? (g = 10 N/kg)

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  25. What is the value of g if a 6.12 kg mass has a weight of 60 N?

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