Picture Graphs
This type of graph uses pictures or symbols to show data.
What is a picture graph?
This type of graph uses bars to compare amounts.
What is a bar graph?
This type of graph shows how something changes over time.
What is a line graph?
In a picture graph, this tells how much each picture stands for.
What is a key?
The bars on a bar graph can go up and down or side to side.
What are vertical or horizontal bars?
The points on a line graph are connected using these.
What are lines?
If one picture equals 2 apples and you see 3 pictures, how many apples are there?
What is 6?
This part of the graph shows the numbers being counted.
What is the scale?
On a line graph, time is usually shown on this axis.
What is the horizontal (x) axis?
This part of the graph tells what the pictures mean.
What is the label?
You use a bar graph to do this when looking at two groups.
What is comparing?
If the line goes up, this means the data is doing this.
What is increasing?
This tells what the whole picture graph is about.
What is the title?
If the tallest bar shows 10 and the shortest shows 4, this is how many more does the tallest have?
What is 6?
This kind of graph is best for showing weather or daily temperatures.
What is a line graph?