Why is MASS considered a more basic property than WEIGHT?

What will be an ideal response?


A mass may have weight but the weight is a property which changes as the mass is moved around in the universe. Mass is not a property which depends upon position.

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Which of the following can actually escape a black hole?

A. visible light B. electrons C. very low energy radio waves D. very high energy gamma rays E. None of these choices is correct.

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The dark halo is now believed to extend at least

A) 100,000 light-years. B) 50 kpc. C) 8 kpc. D) 15,000 light-years. E) 15 kpc.

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A car is driven 1200 m north at 20.0 m/s and then driven 1600 m east at 25.0 m/s. What are the magnitude and direction of the displacement for this trip?

a. 1400 m, northeast b. 2000 m, 36.9° north of east c. 2000 m, 53.1° north of east d. 2800 m, 36.9° east of north e. 2800 m, 53.1° east of north

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1.50 moles of an ideal gas freely expands from 1.00 liter to 4.50 liters. The change in entropy in the expansion is

A. 5.80 J/K B. 8.50 J/K C. 16.3 J/K D. 18.7 J/K

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