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.
Facts for Rock Throwers. The moon is about one-quarter the size of our planet, but its gravity is only 1/6 as much. This means that a person weighing 150 pounds on Earth would only weigh 25 pounds there. Because of the reduced force of gravity, objects thrown in the air, besides going farther, fall to the ground more slowly.