Originally posted by Newjak
Doesn't that also rely on the environment.In space wouldn't the force required to move the bowling ball be much much less and very similar to the ping pong ball? If I was let's say on an unmovable platform for leverage and gravity doesn't exist if I shoved a building it would in fact start to move in the direction I shoved it correct? Something I couldn't accomplish on earth.
The force required to accelerate (not move) the bowling ball is magnitudes greater. For example, if you were to pluck each then the bowling ball would move very little and the ping pong ball would fly away at a good speed.
Acceleration is the rate in which speed and direction changes.
Think of speeding something up or slowing it down.