MYP Week 2 Review

What type of graph should be used if comparing different groups?

• Pie Chart

• Bar Chart

• Line Graph

• Scatter Plot

What type of graph should be used if looking at change over time?

• Pie Chart

• Bar Chart

• Line Graph

• Scatter Plot

What type of graph should be used if comparing two different numerical values?

• Pie Chart

• Bar Chart

• Line Graph

• Scatter Plot

What type of graph should be used if analyzing portions of a whole?

• Pie Chart

• Bar Chart

• Line Graph

• Scatter Plot

Click on the image. What is the title of this graph?

• Time between eruptions (minutes)

• Eruption time (minutes)

• Old Faithful Eruptions

• Minutes

Click on the image. The y-axis, shown in the picture, is typically used to represent the _____________ variable.

• Dependent

• Scale

• Independent

• Axis

Change in Y divided by change in X (rise over run) is the formula for...

• Calculating the increments of the graph's scale

• Calculating the average

• Calculating the slope

• Calculating the median of the data

Click on the image. What should the scale be for the % of each color?

• 0 - 100 by 2's

• 0 - 20 by 2's

• 0 - 50 by 2's

• 0 - 30 by 2's

Answer explanation

0 - 30 would be the best choice because 0 - 20 would not have room for the blue M&M data point, which is 24%.

Click on the picture to enlarge it. If you want to plot the distance on the Y-axis, what unit should you use?

• Seconds

• Minutes

• Miles

• Kilometers

Click on the image. What trend is being shown for amount of arctic sea ice over time?

• Arctic sea ice cycles over time, and remains relatively stable.

• Arctic sea ice is decreasing over time.

• Arctic sea ice is increasing over time.

• Arctic sea ice has not changed over time.