Parts of a Graph

Front

What is the name of the vertical (up and down) axis of the graph?

Back

Y axis

Front

What is the name of the horizontal (left and right) axis of the graph?

Back

X axis

Front

What does a line graph allow you to see?

Back

Changes in values over time.

Front

What is a graph?

Back

A visual representation of data.

Front

What do you need to create a graph?

Back

Data.

Front

What is the dependent variable in an experiment?

Back

The thing we measure in the end.

Front

What is the independent variable in an experiment?

Back

The thing we change.

Front

What is the purpose of a title in a graph?

Back

To describe what the graph is about.

Front

What are labels in a graph used for?

Back

To identify what each axis represents.

Front

What is a scale in a graph?

Back

The range of values represented on the axes.