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1.5 Mass and Weight

Mass is the actual amount of a substance while weight is the result of the earth’s gravitational field on the mass of a substance. Weight depends on the gravitational field, mass doesn’t. Things weigh less on the moon than on the earth because the moon ha

grams = g

kilograms (kg) = 1,000 g = 103 g

milligrams (mg) = 1/1,000 g = 10-3 g

micrograms (mg) = 1/1,000,000 g = 10-6 g

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