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No. There are three concepts to grasp.

1) Mass. This is the amount of matter in something. Mass stays the same even if you take the thing into space and it becomes weightless.

2) Weight. This is the force exerted on something by gravity. It's what makes it heavy. Standing on the surface of the Earth, it's difficult to understand the difference between mass and weight. Just remember that a 1 kilogram "weight" is still one kilogram even in space where it's weightless or on the moon where it weighs about a third as much.

3) Density. That's mass divided by volume. Copper has the same density whatever shape or size it is. Every cubic centimetre has a mass of just under 9 grams. However, the bigger the lump of copper is, the more mass it has and the more it will weigh.

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