Question

How does the mass of an object effect the amount amount of force it takes to move the object?

Answer 1

I would say directly...the bigger the mass the bigger the force you need:

Explanation:

We can summarize the idea using Newton's second law:
`F=ma`
Ok, this is very simplified but in essence it gives us the idea. You want to move an object that is you want to give an acceleration `a` so rearranging:
`a=F/m`
You see that to move an object, say from rest, if you increase the mass the force has to increase to maintain our acceleration.

For example: if you want an acceleration of `10m/s^2` for an object of mass `m=5kg` you need a force:
`F=5*10=50N`
If you increase the mass to `10kg` the force has to increase to:
`F=10*10=100N` to still have an acceleration of `10m/s^2`.