GCSE Physics – Topic 1.3Mass and Weight


-- Core --


State that mass is a measure of the quantity of matter in an object at rest relative to the observer.


State that weight is a gravitational force on an object that has mass.


Define gravitational field strength as force per unit mass; recall and use the equation g = W/m and know that this is equivalent to the acceleration of free fall.


Know that weights (and masses) may be compared using a balance.


-- Extended --


Describe, and use the concept of, weight as the effect of a gravitational field on a mass.