Weight and Mass

Dr. Marshall has eaten too many chocolates and has a mass of 65kg. Her weight on Earth is 650N. She can’t afford to visit Weight Watchers and has her own weight loss plan. She is going to go and live on the moon. There, g is 1.6N/kg. What will her weight be on the moon?


Weight on moon = ______650_______ x 1.6 = _______1040_______N


On Earth, a box of ‘Celebrations’ (mass = 0.465kg) weighs ____4.65_____ N


Planet - g/N/kg - Weight of ‘celebrations’ / N
Mars - 3.7 - 17.205
Neptune - 11.0 - 51.15
Jupiter - 22.9 - 106.485

Weigh yourself using the scales and fill in the table below.

Planet - g in N/kg - Your Mass/kg - Weight /N
Mercury - 3.8 - 171 - 1710
Venus - 8.6 - 387 - 3870
Earth - 9.8 - 441 - 4410
Mars - 3.7 - 166.5 - 1665
Jupiter - 22.9 - 1030.5 - 10305
Saturn - 9.1 - 409.5 - 4095
Uranus - 8.9 - 400.5 - 4005
Neptune - 11.0 - 495 - 4950
Pluto - 0.49 - 22.05 - 220.5