Your Weight on Other Worlds

Purpose of the Lab 1.) To calculate weight in other places in our solar system. 2.) To determine if there is a relationship between distance from the sun and weight on each planet. 3.) To determine if there is a relationship between relative mass of a planet and weight on each planet.

Materials Needed scale calculator pen or pencil colored pencils

Procedures 1.Have one person in your group weigh themselves. Write that number for “Weight on Earth ____” 2.Multiply that weight by the conversion numbers to find your weight on other planets.

(L)Your Weight on Other Worlds List the planets in order from where you are the lightest to where you are the heaviest: Graph 2. Relative masses of the planets Analysis: 1.Look at Graph 1. How does the location of a planet affect how much you will weigh? 2.Look at Graph 2. How does the relative mass of a planet affect how much you will weigh? 3.Write 1-3 sentences describing what you now know about weight. Your Weight on Other Worlds (R) What do I know about weight? Table 1. Weights on other worlds. Weight on Earth: _____ Graph 1. Distance from the sun vs. Weight Relative Mass Conversion Number Weight In Pounds Mercury (Me) Venus (V) Earth (E)1.0 Mars (Ma) Jupiter (J) Saturn (S) Uranus (U) Neptune (N) Relationship? Yes/ No Me V E Ma J S U N Relationship? Yes/ No Relative Mass

Graph 1: Distance from the sun vs Weight Me V E Ma J S U N Weight

Graph 1: Distance from the sun vs Weight Me V E Ma J S U N Weight

(L)Your Weight on Other Worlds List the planets in order from where you are the lightest to where you are the heaviest: Graph 2. Relative masses of the planets Analysis: 1.Look at Graph 1. How does the location of a planet affect how much you will weigh? 2.Look at Graph 2. How does the relative mass of a planet affect how much you will weigh? 3.Write 1-3 sentences describing what you now know about weight. Your Weight on Other Worlds (R) What do I know about weight? Table 1. Weights on other worlds. Weight on Earth: _____ Graph 1. Distance from the sun vs. Weight Relative Mass Conversion Number Weight In Pounds Mercury (Me) Venus (V) Earth (E)1.0 Mars (Ma) Jupiter (J) Saturn (S) Uranus (U) Neptune (N) Relationship? Yes/ No Me V E Ma J S U N Relationship? Yes/ No Relative Mass

List planets in order… Lightest on : __________ … Heaviest on: ___________

List planets in order… Lightest on : Mars Mercury Uranus Venus Saturn Earth Neptune Jupiter

Graph 1: Relative Masses of the Planets Ma Me U V S E N J Relative Mass Our Weight Increases

Graph 1: Relative Masses of the Planets Ma Me U V S E N J Relative Mass Our Weight Increases These numbers make it really hard to find a scale… so we will break them up this way These numbers make it really hard to find a scale… so we will break them up this way

Graph 1: Relative Masses of the Planets Ma Me U V S E N J Relative Mass Our Weight Increases

Graph 1: Relative Masses of the Planets Ma Me U V S E N J Relative Mass Our Weight Increases

Graph 1: Relative Masses of the Planets Ma Me U V S E N J Relative Mass Our Weight Increases

Graph 1: Relative Masses of the Planets Ma Me U V S E N J Relative Mass Our Weight Increases

(L)Your Weight on Other Worlds List the planets in order from where you are the lightest to where you are the heaviest: Graph 2. Relative masses of the planets Analysis: 1.Look at Graph 1. How does the location of a planet affect how much you will weigh? 2.Look at Graph 2. Circle the bar(s) that seem out of place. How does the relative mass of a planet affect how much you will weigh? 3.Write 2-3 sentences describing what you now know about weight and gravity. Your Weight on Other Worlds (R) What do I know about weight? Table 1. Weights on other worlds. Weight on Earth: _____ Graph 1. Distance from the sun vs. Weight Relative Mass Conversion Number Weight In Pounds Mercury (Me) Venus (V) Earth (E)1.0 Mars (Ma) Jupiter (J) Saturn (S) Uranus (U) Neptune (N) Relationship? Yes/ No Me V E Ma J S U N Relationship? Yes/ No Relative Mass