Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Mass and weight

Mass and weight — practice question

An astronaut wants to find out how much she would weigh on a variety of moons. On Earth, she measures her mass as $82\,\text{kg}$. She looks up the values of $g$ on different moons and uses these values to work out her weight. The outcomes are shown. Which weight has been worked out correctly?

  • ACallisto, $g = 1.2\,\text{N kg}^{-1}$, calculated weight $= 68\,\text{N}$
  • BCharon, $g = 0.28\,\text{N kg}^{-1}$, calculated weight $= 23\,\text{N}$
  • CDione, $g = 0.23\,\text{N kg}^{-1}$, calculated weight $= 2.3\,\text{N}$
  • DUmbriel, $g = 0.23\,\text{N kg}^{-1}$, calculated weight $= 0.0028\,\text{N}$

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