how much does the earth weigh.

Question: how much does the earth weigh.

Asked by anon-229916 to Alex, Anisha, Elena, Hira, Isaac, Sarah on 13 Nov 2019.
- Alex Leide answered on 13 Nov 2019:
  
  Wikipedia says it weighs about 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg (that’s 6 with 24 0s afterwards, or 6 septillion kilograms) So a lot!
- Sarah Knight answered on 13 Nov 2019:
  
  This is a good question 🙂 In this situation, I think it’s better to talk about mass rather than weight. Mass means the amount of matter in an object, whereas weight means the pull of gravity on an object. Scientists think that the Earth’s mass is about 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg. So next time you see a 1kg bag of flour in the shops, try to imagine what 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 of those would look like! 😉
- Anisha Wijeyesekera answered on 17 Nov 2019:
  
  A lot more than we would be able to accurately measure!

Question: how much does the earth weigh.