Graphing Vocabulary

to organize data we use a data table 

• data chart
• vertical axis
• best fit graph
• line graph

information 

• axis
• intervals
• plotting 
• data

two pieces of data directly corresponding to one another 

• horizontal axis
• vertical axis
• ordered pair
• intersection

a brief way to describe the content of a book, graph, or data table

• plotting
• multi-line graph
• unit 
• title 

a word or symbol used in a data table to describe what information is being collected (what) 

• data
• title 
• variable 
• data points 

a word or symbol used in a data table that tells how the formation was measured (how) 

• unit
• data points
• plotting 
• data

the axis that goes across the bottom of the graph 

• variable 
• intersection 
• horizontal axis
• vertical axis 

the axis that runs up and down on the side of the graph 

• variable 
• intersection 
• horizontal axis 
• vertical axis 

a line

• axis
• horizontal axis
• vertical axis 
• plotting 

the point where two lines meet

• data
• ordered pair
• intervals
• intersection