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<strong>Common</strong> <strong>Misconceptions</strong>• Are mass and weight the same thing?• No, they are not.• Mass is the amount of matter in an object orsample of matter.• Matter is anything that has mass and takesup space (has volume).• Mass is measured on a balance and hasunits of grams or kilograms.
Mass vs. Weight• So what is weight, and how is it differentfrom mass?• Weight is the force due to gravity on amass. It is measured using a spring scaleand can vary with location.• In the English system, weight is measuredin pounds.• Do you know the metric unit of weight?• It is the Newton (N).
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