Types of Graphs
Variables
Interpreting Graphs
Random Graphs
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100
This is a graph that uses bars to display counted data.
What is a bar graph?
100
This is the variable in an experiment that I can control.
What is independent variable?
100
The amount of students that like baseball the best.
What is 6 people?
100
This is the least favorite sport.
What is Ice Hockey?
100
The type of graph?
What is a bar graph?
200
This is a graph that uses percentages to display data in slices.
What is a pie/circle chart?
200
This is the variable that changes in response to the controlled variable.
What is dependent variable?
200
A researcher is working on a study to find out if residents of a certain city still buy ice cream cones. The researcher wants to know how many ice cream cones were sold in the certain city in the year 1978. The researcher wants to build a bar graph. What variable would the researcher graph on the horizontal axis?
What is year?
200
This is the third most favorite fruit.
What is pineapple?
200
Reason this graph is incorrect.
What is does not equal 100%?
300
This is a table that shows comparison or contrasting of two data sets.
What is a data table (t-chart).
300
It is a variable whose value depends on the other variable.
What is a dependent variable?
300
All line graphs have these 3 things.
What is a axis labels, data, scale.
300
Number of students that scored 20 - 40 marks.
What is 4 students?
300
The least favorite cookie among the boys.
What is sugar cookie?
400
This is a graph that shows changes occurring in related variables.
What is a line graph (time series graph)?
400
When graphing information from the data table, what variable we graph on the vertical axis?
What is a dependent variable?
400
The percentage an entire circle graph contains.
What is 100%?
400
This type of graph is best used to show amount of rainfall in Dallas County over a ten year period.
What is a Line graph (time series graph)?
400
Line graphs should always have a consistent _________.
What is a scale?
500
This graph should always have a consistent scale.
What is a line graph?
500
When graphing information from the data table, what variable we graph on the horizontal axis?
What is an independent variable?
500
The total number of students.
What is 29 students?
500
This much more rain fell in Feb of 1990 than in Feb of 1989.
What is 2 inches.
500
A graph that uses slices to represent quantities.
What is a pie chart?