Graphing Quiz

What is most likely placed along the horizontal axis (x-axis) on a graph?

• number lines

• Random numbers

• Dependent variables

• Independent variables

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is most likely placed along the vertical axis (y-axis) on a graph?

• Element symbols

• Negative numbers

• Dependent variables

• Independent variables

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Match the following

• Histogram

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• Bar Graph

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• Line Graph

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• Pie Graph

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• Scatter Plot

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Match the following

• “parts of a whole” or percentages

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• x-axis has natural order, "chunks'

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• points are NOT connected, best-fit line.

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• points are connected

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• X Axis does not need to have a order.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A graph use by the scientist to compare the relationship between mouse length and weight for an entire population of mice.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

1. 8A graph showing the height of corn plants in the farmers field. Groups are created that include 0-4 feet,4-8 feet and more than 8 feet.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

1. Students in math class surveyed a group of people asking which ice cream was their favorite. Students then put this on a graph with an X and Y axis. 

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1. When voting online for homecoming king and queen the committee can see which candidates got the most votes by seeing who has the bigger part of a whole on the graph.

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1. The recycling club tracked the amount of cans they recycled over the course of the entire year.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The farmer wants to know if the amount of fertilizer she puts on her field in pounds (lbs) will affect the amount of tomatoes she will harvest. What is the best label for the INDEPENDENT variable?

• The number of tomatoes

• Amount of fertilizer

• Amount of fertilizer (lbs)

• POUNDS

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1