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Mass Is Not the Same as Weight Worksheet with Answer Key

7 problems on mass versus weight: finding weight in newtons from mass, finding mass from a Moon reading, sacks on a hook scale, a wrong Moon weight, Titan gravity, a spring scale against a pan balance, and weighing fish. 2 pages, with a worked answer key.

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  1. Find the weight on Earth in newtons of each mass.
    5 kg2,000 g750 g0.4 kg12.5 kg
  2. Use Moon spring scale readings to find each sample's mass in grams.
    8 N0.8 N4 N0.24 N12 N
  3. Word problem: find the total mass of sacks of dog food from a scale reading.
  4. Explain Lucas's mistake about a crate's weight on the Moon and find the right weight.
  5. Word problem: find the pull of gravity on Titan from a test mass.
  6. Compare a spring scale stretch with a pan balance for a bag of rocks.
  7. Word problem: compare two fish weighed on a spring scale and a pan balance.

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