What is the force that an object exerts on the ground due to gravity called?

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The weight of the object is the force that is the result of the mass of the object on this planet. If you go to the moon, your mass will remain the same but your weight will change. This is because the moon has different gravity. This changes the acceleration constant. Your weight changes because weight is the force that the object exerts on the ground (or surface it is on).
Weight can be calculated by multiplying the mass by the gravitational constant for that planet.
Weight = mg

What Is the Force That an Object Exerts on the Ground