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What is mass in modern physics?
A measure of the body's inertia
How is mass experimentally defined?
As a measure of the body's inertia
What determines the strength of an object's gravitational attraction to other bodies?
The object's mass
How does weight differ from mass?
Weight is a force, while mass is a property that determines the strength of this force
Why would an object weigh less on the Moon compared to Earth?
Due to the lower gravity on the Moon
Explore the concept of mass in modern physics, including its historical relationship with the quantity of matter and its evolving definitions through the discovery of atoms and elementary particles.
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