Science Class 5 Other

Asked by AKSHAY GURU VARADHARAJAN · SRI CHAITANYA TECHNO SCHOOL, JAYANTI NAGAR.

The Moon's gravity is one-sixth of the Earth's. A weighing scale shows 60 kg for a person on the Earth. What would the same scale show for that person on the Moon?

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A 360 Kg
B 60 Kg
C 10 Kg
D 30 Kg

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Answer: C. 10 Kg

The Moon's gravity is 1/6 of the Earth's, so the scale reading becomes 60 / 6 = 10 kg. The person's mass is still 60 kg; only the weight (pull of gravity) is less.

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The Moon's gravity is one-sixth of the Earth's. A weighing scale shows 60 kg for a person on the Earth. What would the same scale show for that person on the Moon?

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