A spring balance works through the compression of a spring. It is calibrated on the Earth in grams. A beam balance works by comparing standard masses with the unknown mass being measured. The same unknown mass is weighed using each balance on the Earth and on the Moon. The gravitational field strength on the Earth is larger than that on the Moon. How would the results on the Earth differ from those on the Moon?
- Aspring balance: larger on the Earth than on the Moon; beam balance: larger on the Earth than on the Moon
- Bspring balance: larger on the Earth than on the Moon; beam balance: same on the Earth as on the Moon
- Cspring balance: same on the Earth as on the Moon; beam balance: larger on the Earth than on the Moon
- Dspring balance: same on the Earth as on the Moon; beam balance: same on the Earth as on the Moon