1. Your Weight on Other Worlds

2. 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.

3. Materials Needed scale calculator pen or pencil colored pencils

4. 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.

5. (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) 0.060.378 Venus (V)0.820.907 Earth (E)1.0 Mars (Ma)0.110.377 Jupiter (J)317.82.364 Saturn (S)95.20.916 Uranus (U)14.50.889 Neptune (N)17.11.125 Relationship? Yes/ No Me V E Ma J S U N Relationship? Yes/ No Relative Mass

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

7. Graph 1: Distance from the sun vs Weight Me V E Ma J S U N Weight 40 80 120 160

8. (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) 0.060.378 Venus (V)0.820.907 Earth (E)1.0 Mars (Ma)0.110.377 Jupiter (J)317.82.364 Saturn (S)95.20.916 Uranus (U)14.50.889 Neptune (N)17.11.125 Relationship? Yes/ No Me V E Ma J S U N Relationship? Yes/ No Relative Mass

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

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

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

12. Graph 1: Relative Masses of the Planets Ma Me U V S E N J Relative Mass Our Weight Increases 1 20 50 100 200 300 400 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

13. Graph 1: Relative Masses of the Planets Ma Me U V S E N J Relative Mass Our Weight Increases 1 20 50 100 200 300 400

14. Graph 1: Relative Masses of the Planets Ma Me U V S E N J Relative Mass Our Weight Increases 1 20 50 100 200 300 400

15. Graph 1: Relative Masses of the Planets Ma Me U V S E N J Relative Mass Our Weight Increases 1 20 50 100 200 300 400

16. Graph 1: Relative Masses of the Planets Ma Me U V S E N J Relative Mass Our Weight Increases 1 20 50 100 200 300 400

17. (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) 0.060.378 Venus (V)0.820.907 Earth (E)1.0 Mars (Ma)0.110.377 Jupiter (J)317.82.364 Saturn (S)95.20.916 Uranus (U)14.50.889 Neptune (N)17.11.125 Relationship? Yes/ No Me V E Ma J S U N Relationship? Yes/ No Relative Mass