Does an object with less mass have more momentum than an object with more mass?

Answer 1

True, Because say if you have one acorn in a basket, The basket will be easy to move. Now lets say if you have enough acorns to fill the basket to the rim, The basket will be harder to move because of its weight and inertia.

Answer 2

The object with greater mass has more inertia. Inertia is the change in momentum (p)

Thus, as p = mv

p = momentum

m = mass of object

v = velocity of mass

Intertia is proportional to mass and as such, the greater mass has a greater momentum provided the velocities of both masses are the same.

Answer 3

BLANK = less Inertia affects objects of any mass; in fact, mass is how we measure inertia. By definition, inertia is the resistance of an object to changes in its state of motion. Newton's First Law expresses the principle of inertia, which we can say in various ways: "An object moves at constant velocity when not being acted on by any external force". (Note how friction is a VERY common "external force" that slows things down; this is what had tripped up Aristotle.) Equivalently, "An object will continue at the same speed and in the same direction until some outside force acts on it." See your basic physics text. Inertia relates to momentum, since momentum is the product of mass and velocity (p=mv), that is, "momentum is mass in motion". And object's inertia and momentum are not to be confused with how it is affected by gravitational acceleration, which affects all objects equally. A larger-mass object has more inertia, but it will free-fall at the same speed, and with the same rate of acceleration per second, as a smaller-mass object -- it just takes more force to stop the larger object in free-fall (or, alternatively, it will hit the ground with more force than the smaller object). Galileo's understanding of inertia, which was built on by Newton, debunked the centuries-old Aristotelian notions of motion, which had gotten stuck on friction (pun intended) and would have mistakenly predicted that the larger-mass object should fall faster.

Answer 4

Momentum is the product of mass times velocity. If two objects have different mass, we cannot compare their momentum unless we also know their velocity. However, if we are talking about two objects which are moving at the same velocity, then the object that has more mass will also have more momentum.

Answer 5

No, momentum is dependent not only on mass but also on velocity. An object with less mass can have more momentum than an object with more mass if it is moving at a higher velocity. Momentum is calculated as the product of an object's mass and velocity.

Answer 6

Inertia is a mass's resistance to changes in its state of motion, so....

Answer 7

No. Its the other way around. Objects with more mass have more inertia.

Answer 8

Yes the more massive an object is the more inertia

Answer 9

Density