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weight
[noun]
A measure of the force exerted on an object by a gravitational field. The weight of an object equals its mass times the force of gravity: w=m*g.
Appears in modules:
- Blood Biology I Components of blood
- Charles Darwin III Descent with modification
- Defining Energy Forms of energy, conversions, and measuring
- Density and Buoyancy Definitions and units
- Diffusion I Random molecular movement and influences on diffusion rate
- Early Ideas about Matter From Democritus to Dalton
- Earth's Atmosphere Composition, temperature, and pressure
- Exponential Equations I Growth and decay
- Gravity The law of universal gravitation
- Kinetic-Molecular Theory Molecule collisions, the mean free path, and modern KMT
- Linear Equations Relationships with two variables
- Measurement Units, measuring strategies, and error
- Membranes and Chemical Transport Absorption, distribution, and storage of substances in organisms
- Nuclear Chemistry Radiation, half-life, and nuclear reactions
- Photosynthesis I Harnessing the energy of the sun
- Properties of Gases The gas laws and the ideal gas equation
- Properties of Liquids Intermolecular forces, cohesion, adhesion, and viscosity
- Scientific Notation Working with orders of magnitude
- Solutions Molarity, solubility, and colligative properties
- Stoichiometry The proportional nature of chemical reactions
- The Metric System Metric and scientific notation
- The Mole and Atomic Mass Definitions, conversions, and Avogadro's number
- The Periodic Table of Elements I The periodic table
- The Periodic Table of Elements IV Chemical families
- The Phosphorus Cycle Phosphates and fertilizer
- The Practice of Science An introduction to research methods
- The Rock Cycle Uniformitarianism and recycling
- Thermodynamics I Caloric theory, latent heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics
- Unit Conversion Dimensional analysis
- Utilizing the Scientific Literature The record of scientific progress
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