Word Bank for 6th grade Graphing unit
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| offers a short explanation of what is in your graph. This helps the reader identify what they are about to look at. | Graph Title
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| In line graphs, the __axis runs horizontally (flat). Typically, this axis has numbers representing different time periods or names of things being compared. | X-Axis Label
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| In line graphs, the __axis runs vertically (up and down). Typically, this axis has numbers for the amount of stuff being measured. | Y-Axis
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| explains where you found the information that is in your graph. It is important to give credit to those who collected your data! | Source
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| defines the number of items and groups of items | Data set
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| tells what each line represents. Just like on a map, the legend helps the reader understand what they are looking at. | Legend
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| the information contained in the graph | Data
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| are used to track changes over short and long periods of time. | Line Graph
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| are best to use when you are trying to compare parts of a whole. They do not show changes over time. | Pie Chart
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| are used to compare things between different groups or to track changes over time. | Bar Graph
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| are used to determine relationships between the two different things. The x-axis is used to measure one event (or variable) and the y-axis is used to measure the other. | X-Y Plot
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| an object, event, idea, feeling, time period, or any other type of category you are trying to measure. | Variable
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| The steepness of a line expressed as a ratio, using any two points on the line. | Slope
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| standing upright at a right angle to the horizon | Vertical
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| parallel to the horizon; goes across | Horizontal
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| the pattern of values that makes up one axis on a graph | Scale
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| Axis
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| the difference between the least and greatest values in the set | Range
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| a way to organize data that allows you to easily see patterns and relationships | Table
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| the value or values that occur most often | Mode
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| a pair of numbers (x,y) used to locate a point on a coordinate grid | Ordered pair
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| the gap between the numerical values of one axis on a graph | Interval
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| tells the number of times an event, category or group occurs | Frequency table
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| the sum of all the items divided by the number of items in the set | Mean
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