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Mass is the quantity of matter which a body contains. This is the same wherever the body is. There are three basic states of matter: solid, liquid and gas, all of these contain atoms and/or molecules that make up the mass of the object.

If my mass was 65 kg. This would be true wherever I went in the universe. Just because I travelled to the moon wouldn't make the number of atoms and molecules in my body change.. it would be the same.. just as my dress-size would! My mass would remain at 65 kg.

Mass Always Stays the Same!!

How tightly packed the mass is within a given space is called the density

Click here to read Hannah's 'Mass and Weight Rap'

Mass is a measure of inertia. The more mass an object has the more difficult it is to make it accelerate. See Newton's first law.




 

 

 

 

 

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