This Circuit is on Fire: Lesson 4 Vocabulary

Match the following patterns with their descriptions.

• A pattern that shows an upward trend.

• rise

• A pattern that remains unchanged.

• constant

• A pattern that shows a downward trend.

• repeating

• A pattern that occurs over and over again.

• fall

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Match the following descriptions with the correct terms related to correlation.

• The peak of a correlation graph is referred to as the _______.

• rise

• When the correlation is positive, it indicates a _______ in one variable as the other increases.

• fall

• When the correlation is negative, it indicates a _______ in one variable as the other increases.

• high point

• Correlation is a measure of the relationship between _______.

• two variables

The increase/decrease is determined by the (a)   in a graph.

• slope
• axis
• origin
• intercept

Plateau: A part of a graph where the y-value stays _______; The section of a graph where the y-values show little or no change with an increase in x-values.

• constant

• variable

• increasing

• decreasing

A "bump" or _______ in a graph. A point in a graph where the y-value is larger than the y-values of the closest data points.

• high point

• low point

• midpoint

• inflection point

Best Fit Line: A line used to express the relationship between _______.

• two variables

• rise

• fall

• high point

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A linear equation will produce a _______ on a graph.

• straight line

• curve

• circle

• parabola

Data is collected from a (a)   .

• published study
• unverified source
• random guess
• personal opinion

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-4

Slope Intercept form: Slope-intercept form is a way to represent a linear equation in two variables, written as y=mx+b, where m represents the _______ of the line, and b represents the _______. (Options: rise, fall, high point, slope, y-intercept, two variables, data points, published study, repeating, constant, straight line)

• slope, y-intercept

• rise, fall

• high point, constant

• two variables, data points