Blog 5: Momentum, Katoosh!

This past weekend I went to the UH football game to look for momentum. I realized that whenever there was a colission between two things, there will be momentum. As i was watching, camera ready to capture the blocks and tackles, I saw Steven.

He didn't look at me so i had to go over to his seat to take his picture.

Too bad I didn't get any good tackle pictures. But it's a good thing my uncle is a UH football fanatic and sent me a picture of a really brutal tackle!
In this picture, you can see Meatoga colliding with the opposing line. He and the other Colorado player meet head on but do not move after their collision. Also, the Colorado player seems a bit more massive. What does this mean for momentum? Since momentum is always conserved, their total momentum before has to equal their total momentum after (0). Therefore, the momentum of the Colorado player before equals the momentum of the UH player before. Then, since the Corado player has a greater mass, that means that Meatoga has to have had more velocity than him in order to hold the line!