Combined ScienceCode 5129
Mass and weight
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- describe the way an electronic balance is used to work out mass, and be able to carry out that determination
- describe the method by which weight is measured with a force meter, and be able to take that measurement
- define gravitational field strength as the force acting per unit of mass; recall and apply the relationship gravitational field strength = weight / mass, and know that it has the same value as the acceleration of free fall