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Energy can be transferred between objects or systems; momentum cannot be transferred and is only gained or lost from an object or system.

Energy can be transferred between objects or systems; momentum cannot be transferred-example-1
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In a collision when two or more objects collide, the momentum will be transferred between the objects involved in the collision. But the total momentum of a system will always be conserved. Thus the system will never lose or gain momentum.

Thus the given statement is false.

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