A student is comparing the

Question

amount of force required to
move a bowling ball and
then a ping pong ball both 5
feet forward. Which object
requires less force to move
it 5 feet and why? (2 points)
the bowling ball
requires less force to
move 5 ft forward
because the mass of
the bowling ball is
less than the mass
of the ping pong ball
the ping pong ball
requires more force
to move 5 ft forward
because the mass of
the ping pong ball is
greater than the
mass of the bowling
ball
the ping pong ball
requires less force to
move 5 ft forward
because the mass of
the ping pong ball is
less than the mass
of the bowling ball
the ping pong ball
requires less force to
move 5 ft forward
because the mass of
the ping pong ball is
greater than the

Answer 1

The correct statement is:

the ping pong ball requires less force to move 5 ft forward because the mass of the ping pong ball is less than the mass of the bowling ball.

This is because, according to Newton's second law of motion (F = ma), the force required to move an object is directly proportional to its mass. The ping pong ball has significantly less mass than the bowling ball, so it requires less force to move it the same distance.