Practice Nature of Science Quiz 2 Level 4 (30% on the Quiz)

What are graphs?

• An image

• A visual representation of data

• Lines

• Data

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Samuel and Rohan are analyzing a graph of their school's monthly energy consumption. What does the graph allow them to see?

• Lines

• Each trial

• Patterns and trends

• Qualitative data

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What do line graphs show?

• Relationship between 3 variables

• Parts of a whole

• Change over continous data

• Compares multiple groups

What graph is needed to show the amount of rainfall over a 12 month period?

• Bar graph

• Line graph

• Scatterplot

• Pie chart

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Lily is trying to plot a point on a graph. She needs to identify the Y-Axis. Which line represents the Y-Axis?

• Vertical (up and down)

• Horizontal (left and right)

Anika, Emma, and Zoe are working on a graph for their math project. They need to decide the intervals for the x-axis. What are intervals in this context?

• The value of each line they number on the x-axis, such as 1cm each, 2cm each, 5cm each, etc.

• The time spent in between trials

• The variables

• There isn't a correct answer listed here.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

In a science project, Hannah, Aiden, and Samuel collected data on the growth of their plants and represented it in a data table. Can they find the labels for the x and y axis on their graph by looking at this data table?

• Yes

• No, they need more information than a data table.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Benjamin has made a graph for his science project. What could Benjamin improve on in his graph?

Answer explanation

They didn't use most of the space on the graph. The intervals they chose (5 beads per line) meant that a large section of the graph was left empty.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The one factor that a scientist controls during an experiment. This goes on the x-axis.

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

Which variable ALWAYS has to be measured?

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable