Graphing

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Graphing
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GRAPHS

• Graphs are useful tools in science.
• They make data easy to visualize

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LINE GRAPHS

• Show continuous change over time

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MULTIPLE LINE GRAPHS

• Used to show a comparison between data changing
  over time

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BAR GRAPHS

• Used to demonstrate change that is not continuous

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PIES CHARTS

• Shows how each group of data relates to all of
  the data

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SCATTER PLOTS

• Show the correlation (relationship) between
  variables

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VARIABLES

• What happens or changes in an experiment

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INDEPENDENT VARIABLES

• The variable that is controlled or purposely
  changed in an experiment

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DEPENDENT VARIABLES

• The result of changing the independent variable
• If this then that

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X AXIS

• X horizontal,
• independent
• What is changed to cause an effect

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Y AXIS

• Vertical, dependent
• What results from the change made to X