Jonah, Zoe, and Michael  

Section 5 
 
Article name: ​Linda Smith Wins the Race to Qualify for the Olympics! 
#4 
 
By: ​Daphne, David, Grace 
 
 
Questions for the readers: 
1.)What is another term for negative acceleration ​and​ provide an 
example of it in the article provided? 
Another term for negative acceleration is deceleration. In the article 
it shows deceleration when Linda and Fred are decelerating at the 
same rate for 15 more seconds during the race. 
2.)Which (object) in the article provided has a greater rate of 
acceleration than the other (object)? Provide Evidence to support your 
answer 
Linda has a greater rate of acceleration because he is going at 3.5 
m/s2 in the beginning of the race while Fred is going only 3.42 m/s2.  
Since Linda goes 35ms in 10 seconds by dividing 35 by 10 it equals 
3.5m/s2. To Find Freds acceleration just divide 342 meters by 10 
seconds which gives you a velocity of 3.42 m/s2. Linda goes the same 
acceleration during the end while Fred gets distracted during the 
race and stops in his tracks. The Final velocity is 0m/s2 for both 
people. 
 
3.)What term and or phrase did the writer use in the article to imply 
that (an object) is at rest, as in it is not moving? 
The writer use the term that Fred crashes into a tree and stops dead 
in his tracks to imply that Fred is at Rest. 
 
4.)What (2 pieces of information) does the writer include in the article 
that are irrelevant and or misleading, as in neither can be used to solve 
for speed or acceleration? 
The two irrelevant pieces of information are that they both took an 
110-degree turn and Paramedics got Fred to him within 5 minutes.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Article name: ​Monster Truck Explosion #2 
 
By: ​Josh, Ryan, Cheryl 
 
 
Questions for the readers: 
1.)What is another term for negative acceleration ​and​ provide an 
example of it in the article provided? 
Another term for negative acceleration is deceleration. Bigfoot 5 
decelerates to half its minimum velocity after traveling 15 total 
meters during the race. 
 
2.)Which (object) in the article provided has a greater rate of 
acceleration than the other (object)? Provide Evidence to support your 
answer 
Bigfoot 5 travels at an acceleration of 1 m/s2 and goes one half the 
acceleration of Grave digger at 2 m/s2 . Bigfoot 5 reaches a 
maximum velocity of 5m/s and Grave digger a velocity of 10m/s after 
5 seconds. By dividing the 5 m/s by 5 s it gives you an acceleration of 
1 m/s2, while the acceleration of Grave Digger is 2m/s2 by dividing 
10m/s by 5 s. Grave digger has an overall higher acceleration when 
Bigfoot decelerates to half his maximum speed during the race. They 
both abruptly stop so the final velocity is 0 ms. 
 
3.)What term and or phrase did the writer use in the article to imply 
that (an object) is at rest, as in it is not moving? 
The term used to indicate that the Trucks are at rest is the explosion 
because it implies that both the Trucks stopped moving.  
 
4.)What (2 pieces of information) does the writer include in the article 
that are irrelevant and or misleading, as in neither can be used to solve 
for speed or acceleration? 
The Two Monster trucks were placed 100 meters apart is unneeded. 
There was an explosion that made a crater 15 feet wide. Aso the 
diameters of the wheels and the height of the monster truck was 
unneeded information.