Interpreting Graphs Teacher Paced

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20 questions
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Continued: Convert 5 days to minutes. Show your work: include your set up and show how units cancel.

Want: Have:
Organize: (1 day = 24 hours, 1 hour = 60 minutes)

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Convert 15 grams to pounds

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Why bother with graphs at all?

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How to build a line graph!!!

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Sometimes, the data is not in order, your graph must put the data in order and decide how to space your graph.

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The graph you created shows an INVERSE RELATIONSHIP
As a factor _______(weight), the other factor _______ (the distance traveled.)

More examples:
As you increase your velocity _______ ,the time spent to get to your destination _______
If you eat more vegetables, your risk of a _______ attack decreases
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Direct __________ occur when the two variables go up or down __________.



Examples:
Increasing the temperature __________
As the radius of a pipe increases, the flow of water __________
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A) Give an example of a direct relationship.
* The number of bananas can be related to the number of boxes needed to store them.

B) Give an example of an inverse relationship.
* One familiar example is the relationship between speed and time. As a traveler increases their speed, the time it takes to reach their destination decreases.
* Another example, as time increases for a candle burning, the amount of candle wax decreases.

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A) What is the heart rate of a chicken? _______ bpm
B) What is the heart rate of a rabbit? _______ bpm
C) What animal has the highest heart rate? _______ bpm
D) What animal has the lowest heart rate? _______ bpm
E) What two animals have the closest heart rates? _______ bpm
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Bar graphs are easy to make, but pie graphs require a COMPASS and PROTRACTOR to measure angles

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What do each of the dots represent?

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What is the relationship between antenna and leg length?

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The cricket with the shortest antenna had what length of leg? _______
Two crickets had 10 mm long antenna.  What were their leg lengths?  _______ Can you fit a line to the dots?  _______
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For each of the descriptions, work together to determine what type of graph is best (line, bar, or scatterplot)


1.  To show how the numbers of catfish increased over a 10 year period. __________
2.  To compare average test scores of 9th, 10th , 11th and 12th graders.  __________
3.  To analyze the relationship between height and weight among high school freshmen. __________
4.  To show the proportion of students in a class that are in each age group (15, 16, 17, 18) __________
5.  To compare the salaries of 5 different professions – doctor, lawyer, teacher, cashier, accountant.   __________
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Interpreting Graphs Quiz
Room Name: PHYSICAL23