Reading Science Graphs

What is the main purpose of a line graph?

• to compare two things

• To show change over time

• to have an independent variable

• so you don't have to read words

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

What label is along the y-axis in this graph?

• Copyright 2007

• Lines

• Age in Years

• Number of Teens

What conclusions can you draw from this graph?

• The deer population went down over time.

• The deer population went up over time.

• The dear population went up quickly, then down, but then stayed the same.

• There are less dear because of hunters

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

You want to make a graph for an experiment you did about plant growth over a two week period of time. What type of graph would you use?

• bar graph

• line graph

• pictograph

• pie chart

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.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Jacob wants to record his results for the temperature of each day in the past week. What graph or table should he use?

• Data table

• Bar graph

• histogram 

• Line graph

T8 - The Independent Variable is represented on which Axis?

• A

• X

• B

• Y

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

T8 - The dependent variable in this experiment is - 

• Number of Bacteria

• Time of Incubation

• Culture Number

• Type of Bacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

On which axis is the independent variable found?

• z-axis

• w-axis

• y-axis

• x-axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1