A soccer ball is hollow and filled with air, which has little density. A bowling ball is solid material of a much greater density.
* Because bowling balls have a standard size, about 21.8 cm in diameter, bowling balls weighing less than 5.4 kg (12 lb) will float in water.
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Yes, the mass of a typical bowling ball is greater than the mass of a soccer ball. A regulation bowling ball usually weighs around 6-16 pounds, while a standard soccer ball weighs about 0.4-0.5 pounds.
Any amount of force can stop either kind of ball. But a greater force is required to stop a bowling ball than to stop a soccer ball IN THE SAME TIME, because the bowling ball has more mass, and therefore more momentum and more kinetic energy.
The bowling ball has more momentum because momentum is directly proportional to an object's mass and velocity. Since the two balls are moving at the same speed, the greater mass of the bowling ball results in it having more momentum.
A bowling ball has more inertia than a basketball because inertia is directly proportional to an object's mass. The larger mass of the bowling ball means that it will be more resistant to changes in its state of motion compared to the basketball.
A bowling ball has more inertia than a beach ball. Inertia is the resistance of an object to change its state of motion, and it is directly related to an object's mass. Since a bowling ball is heavier and has more mass than a beach ball, it has more inertia.