Decentralization, on the other hand, refers to the extent to which authority has been passed down to the individual school. Site-based management is an example of decentralization in which individual schools can make their own decisions related to finances and curriculum.
Mass and weight example - the moon. In the below example, we've featured an astronaut on earth and on the moon. The Moon's gravity is much less than the Earth's gravity - approximately one sixth. So, a 100 kg astronaut weighs 980N on Earth. On the Moon, the astronaut would weigh only 162.2N. However, the astronaut's mass is 100kg where-ever they are. Weight on Earth: 100kg x 9.8m/s2 = 980N. Weight on Moon: 100kg x 1.622 m/s2 = 162.2N.
Calculate the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the Moon. The mass of the Moon is 7.35 x 10^22 kg and the average radius of the Moon is 1.74 x 10^6 m. Plugging into the formula, we have: g = (6.67 x 10^-11 N-m^2/kg^2)(7.35 x 10^22 kg )/(1.74 x 10^6 m)^2 = (4.9 x 10^12 )/(3.03 x 10^12) = 1.6 m/s^2.