Holding a Bar Standing in Line Waiting for Some Pie
Vicious Variables
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Graphy GaGa
Once Upon a Time...It was the end of an Era!
100
This type of graph is used to show relationships in qualitative data.
What is a bar graph?
100
The number of spots on a graph where variables are found in the label or title.
What is three (title, x-axis, y-axis).
100
The two things every x-axis label should have.
What is the independent variable and units.
100
The problem with the label:
Amount of Rain
for a graph showing how the amount of rain in centimeters varies each month.
What is the lack of units.
100
The era that we are currently in
What is the cenozoic era (65 million years ago-present).
200
This type of graph is used to show changes over long and short periods of time.
What is a line graph.
200
The independent variable.
What is the variable that describes what the scientist changes.
200
The two things every y-axis label should have.
What is the dependent variable and units.
200
The problem(s) with the label:
Amount of Rain
for a graph showing how the amount of rain in centimeters varies each month IF it was written on the x-axis.
What is the lack of units and improper placement (should be on the y-axis because it is the dependent variable).
200
The era that started 4.5 billion years ago when the earth was first formed.
What is Precambrian Time.
300
This type of graph is used to show parts of a whole.
What is a pie graph.
300
The variable that describes what the scientist is observing/recording.
What is the dependent variable.
300
The three things a title needs.
What is an independent variable, dependent variable, and proper units.
300
The problem with the title:
How the Amount of Rain Varies by Month
for a graph showing how the amount of rain in centimeters varies each month.
What is it is missing units for amount of rain.
300
The geologic time period that included the time 3.5 billion years ago when the first living things appeared.
What is Precambrian Time.
400
The type of graph I would use to show how tree height changes over a period of ten years.
What is a line graph.
400
The axis where the independent variable is located.
What is the x-axis.
400
The label for the x-axis of a graph looking at how pH effects plant growth (cm).
What is pH level.
400
The number of places on a graph your dependent variable should be found.
What is two (title and y-axis)
400
The major event(s) of the Paleozoic Era.
What are...the appearance of the first vertebrates (animals with backbones i.e. fish), first land animals.
500
The type of graph I would use to show what percent of the freshman class has science, math, or lunch during period three.
What is a pie graph.
500
The location of the dependent variable.
What is the y-axis.
500
The label for the y-axis of a graph looking at how pH effects plant growth (cm).
What is plant growth (cm).
500
The number of places you need to have units on a graph.
What is three-in the title and for both the x and y-axes
500
The era that included the appearance of mammals and dinosaurs.