Graphing Practice

Front

What type of graph is this? Options: Bar graph, Histogram, Pie Chart, Stem Chart

Back

Pie Chart

Front

What conclusions can you draw from this graph?

Back

The deer population went up quickly, then down, but then stayed the same.

Front

What data does this graph represent? Options: Change in temperature of a liquid over time in 3 different containers, How temperature can change the molecules in a material, The phase changes of a material, What type of container people use the most to store hot liquids.

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Change in temperature of a liquid over time in 3 different containers

Front

What information could you get from this graph? Options: how much water is on Earth, the percentage of the Earth that is covered in water, how land is available on Earth, how tall the highest mountain is.

Back

the percentage of the Earth that is covered in water

Front

The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment.

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Independent Variable

Front

The variable that is measured.

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Dependent Variable

Front

Changes in the _________ variable causes changes in the _________ variable.

Back

independent; dependent

Front

Cindy's experiment on plant growth: What is the independent variable?

• Using the same type of plant
• Each plant was placed in a 10 inch pot
• The growth of the plant
• One plant is in the sunlight and the other is under a box

Back

One plant is in the sunlight and the other is under a box

Front

The overall trend in the data would be best described as: increasing, decreasing, unchanging, unrelated

Back

increasing

Front

This data set shows that

Back

there is more CO2 in the atmosphere now than ever before