A few days ago
Sarah S

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what is mass? how are some ways that it can be measured?

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A few days ago
jeffersonian73

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Definitions:

Mass is a fundamental concept in physics, roughly corresponding to the intuitive idea of “how much matter there is in an object”. Mass is a central concept of classical mechanics and related subjects, and there are several definitions of mass within the framework of relativistic kinematics (see mass in special relativity and mass in General Relativity). In the theory of relativity, the quantity invariant mass, which in concept is close to the classical idea of mass, does not vary between single observers in different reference frames.

In informal everyday usage, mass is more commonly referred to as weight, but in physics and engineering, weight strictly means the size of the gravitational pull on the object; that is, how heavy it is, measured in units of force. In everyday situations, the mass of an object is proportional to its weight, which usually makes it unproblematic to use the same word for both. Distinguishing them becomes important for measurements with a precision better than a few percent, due to slight differences in the strength of the Earth’s gravitational field at different places, and is essential when one considers places far from the surface of the Earth, such as in space or on other planets.

Measurement:

In the SI system of units, mass is measured in kilograms. Many other units of mass are also employed, such as: grams (g), tonnes, pounds, ounces, long and short tons, quintals, slugs, atomic mass units, Planck masses, solar masses, and eV/c2.

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A few days ago
J
Wow, I just got that for hw the other day. Mass is a measure of the amount of matter in an object. it can be measured in grams. You could’ve looked up the definition on dictionary.com.
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A few days ago
nerdychickita
mass is the amount of material an object is made of.

some common ways to measure is with a triple-beam balance, digital scale, water displacement, etc.

hope i helped

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A few days ago
Anonymous
mass is viewed as a whole.. everything particle of you or object or thing.

some methods of measures are scales, and water , and air chamber

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A few days ago
Chammore M
mass is the weight of something it can be measured with a regular scale that you would luse to wegh yourself. email me if you have anymore questions
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A few days ago
Anonymous
d=m/v

d * v = m

d=density

v=volume

m=mass

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A few days ago
Allie (HBKF)
multiply this:

hxwxl

height x width x length

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