The weight is the force that results from the attraction between a body's mass and the Earth.

The weight is the force that results from the attraction between a body's mass and the Earth.

• A. Weight
• B. Density
• C. Volume
• D. None of the above

Answer: (A)

Weight is the gravitational force that acts on a body because of its mass in a gravitational field. On Earth this force points downward and has magnitude W = m g, where m is the mass and g is the local acceleration due to gravity (about 9.81 m/s^2). The statement is correct because it identifies weight precisely as the force from Earth's attraction on the mass. This differs from mass, which is an intrinsic property that doesn’t change with location; density and volume describe how much matter there is per unit volume and how much space the object occupies, not the gravitational pull. So the described concept matches weight, not the other properties.

Weight is the gravitational force that acts on a body because of its mass in a gravitational field. On Earth this force points downward and has magnitude W = m g, where m is the mass and g is the local acceleration due to gravity (about 9.81 m/s^2). The statement is correct because it identifies weight precisely as the force from Earth's attraction on the mass. This differs from mass, which is an intrinsic property that doesn’t change with location; density and volume describe how much matter there is per unit volume and how much space the object occupies, not the gravitational pull. So the described concept matches weight, not the other properties.