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Learning Outcomes
Candidates should be able to:
- state that mass is a measure of the amount of substance in a body
- state that mass of a body resists a change in the state of rest or motion of the body (inertia)
- state that a gravitational field is a region in which a mass experiences a force due to gravitational attraction
- define gravitational field strength, g, as gravitational force per unit mass
- recall and apply the relationship weight = mass × gravitational field strength to new situations or to solve related problems
- distinguish between mass and weight
- recall and apply the relationship density = mass / volume to new situations or to solve related problems