Graphing and Data Tables ICP

Which type of graph is best suited for comparing different categories or groups?

• bar graph

• line graph

• pie chart

• scatter plot

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

When creating a bar graph, what should you label the y-axis with?

• Independent variable

• X-axis

• Data points

• Dependent variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

How is the independent variable usually represented on a line graph?

• time-axis

• y-axis

• x-axis

• z-axis

What is a line graph used for in science?

• To compare different data sets

• To show the relationship between two variables or to display data over time.

• To display data in a table format

• To represent categorical data

The purpose of graphs, charts and tables is to

• help scientists visualize results from an experiment.
• make the experiment look nice.
• practice what I learned in Math class.
• Practice my drawing skills.

What information could you get from this graph?

• how much water is on Earth

• the percentage of the earth that is covered in water

• how land is available on earth

• how tall the highest mountain is

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

T7 - What type of graph is this?

• Pie chart
• Histogram
• Bar graph
• Line graph

T8 - The dependent variable in this experiment is - 

• Number of Bacteria
• Time of Incubation
• Culture Number
• Type of Bacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What do we put at the top of a graph?

• X axis
• data table
• title 
• nothing

What do we use to pick the numbers for the scale? 

• whatever we want
• you must always count by tens
• use your data to pick the scale
• you don't need a scale