GeoSafari Talking Planetary Mat - Mass and Weight; Id Like to Place an Order-I Mean, Order a Place...

___Earth ___Earth’s Moon ___Jupiter
___Mars ___Mercury ___Neptune
___Saturn
___Uranus
___Venus
Name:___________________________________________________ Date_______________
I’d Like to Place an Order—I Mean, Order a Place…
Mass = amount of matter an object contains
Weight = measure of the force of gravity on an object
Gravity = the pull between any two objects
Now that we know the dierence between mass and weight, use your brain to order the
celestial bodies from least gravitational attraction to greatest gravitational attraction at the
planet’s surface. Number them from 1 to 8 (1 = least and 8 = most gravitational attraction).
Two of them tie, so give them the same number!
Hint: If you weigh less on another planet, you’re on a planet that has less gravitational
attraction at its surface than Earth. If you weigh more on a planet than on Earth, that means
the planet has greater gravitational attraction.
Name:___________________________________________________ Date_______________
Mass and Weight
Answer the following questions, using either mass or weight.
Mass = amount of matter an object contains
Weight = measure of the force of gravity on an object
1. The amount of matter in an object is called its __________________.
2. The force of gravity on an object is called its ___________________.
3. If you were to visit another planet, your _______________ would stay the same.
4. If you were to visit another planet, your _______________ would change.
5. If you double the mass of an object, you double the object’s ______________.
6.OnEarth,youcancomparethemassesofdierentobjectsbycomparing
their _________________________.
7. This is used to measure ___________________.
8. This is used to measure _____________________.
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