Graphing

Question 1

What variable is usually on the x-axis?

Answer 1

The independent variable

Question 2

What variable is usually on the y-axis?

Answer 2

The dependent variable

Question 3

What are the five characteristics of a well made graph?

Answer 3

Big, has a title, labeled axis, right graph, and points are plotted correctly

Question 4

What are the two most basic types of graphs that we will be using.

Answer 4

Line graphs and bar graphs

Question 5

If the independent variable are connected, what type of graph would you use?

Answer 5

Line graph

Question 6

If the independent variables are not connected, what kind of a graph would you use?

Answer 6

Bar graph

Question 7

What percent of the paper should the graph take up (at least)?

Answer 7

75%

Question 8

100 students were serveyed on what their favorite color is, the results were charted on a graph. What type of graph would be used?

Answer 8

A bar graph

Question 9

Once a baby chick is born their weight is charted every week for 1 month to see their growth. If we were to graph one of the baby chick’s growth, what type of graph would we use?

Answer 9

A line graph

Question 10

Line graphs are used for…

Answer 10

Tracking changes over certain periods of time.