You're the first person to visit Mars and you've just met a group of Martian school children. They are playing street hockey with parts from the Mars Polar Lander. After years of watching Star Trek reruns, they are fluent in English. One of them asks you how your weight and mass have changed since you left earth. You take a moment to measure both and reply correctly that
A. your mass is still essentially unchanged but your weight is less than on earth.
B. your weight is still essentially unchanged but your mass is less than on earth.
C. neither your weight nor your mass have changed much.
D. your weight and mass have both changed significantly.
Answer:A
You're the first person to visit Mars and you've just met a group of Martian school children. They are playing street hockey with parts from the Mars Polar Lander. After years of watching Star Trek reruns, they are fluent in English. One of them asks you how your weight and mass have changed since you left earth. You take a moment to measure both and reply correctly that
A. your mass is still essentially unchanged but your weight is less than on earth. B. your weight is still essentially unchanged but your mass is less than on earth. C. neither your weight nor your mass have changed much. D. your weight and mass have both changed significantly.