2. WEIGHT

3. WEIGHT
weight

4. The word weight comes from an old English word meaning “heaviness”
ORIGIN
The word weight comes from an old English word meaning “heaviness”

5. WEIGHT
Any thing that contains matter, has weight. People measure weight using a scale, which measures how much pull gravity has on their matter. The more matter, the more weight. In space, there isn’t much gravity, so people and items weigh less in space, even though their matter hasn’t changed.

6. WEIGHT
heaviness

7. WEIGHT
In science, we use the word weight to describe the effect gravity has on an items’ matter, such as water, or a stone

10. A synonym for weight is load.

12. WEIGHT
An antonym (meaning opposite) for weight is hollow

13. WEIGHT
In science, weight is measured in metric units, such as milligram, gram, and kilogram

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