Science 1.4 vocabulary

What is a line graph?

• organizes data

• shows trends over time

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is bar graph?

• compares information collected by counting

• shows trends over time

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Another name for the x axis?

• vertical axis

• horizontal axis

Another name for the y axis?

• vertical axis

• horizontal axis

What is the slope of a line?

• how steep the line is

• horizontal axis

How do you know a graph is proportional?

• increase in one and decrease in the other value

• any 2 values that increase or decrease the same way

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A word that means to reach its highest level

• plateau

• stabalize

What are words that mean to rise?

• soar

• increase

• climb

• decline

What are words that mean to go down?

• saor

• decrease

• decline

• drop

The x axis is always the ________ variable.

• dependent

• independent

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1