NAME______

PRACTICE PRACTICE GRAPHING PROBLEM

(1) PROBLEM -


HOW MANY DOTS CAN YOU MAKE ON PAPER IN PRE DETERMINED PERIODS OF TIME?

(2) WHICH TWO ITEMS MAKE UP THE SET OF DATA FOR THIS GRAPH?

(3) WHAT IS THE DEPENDENT INFORMATION?

(4) WHAT IS THE INDEPENDENT INFORMATION ?

PRACTICE GRAPHING PROBLEM (CONT.)

Making Graphs

(Also called: "Histograms")

(1)USED TO SHOW A PICTURE OF CLASS DATA.

(2)NO SPECIAL WAY TO CONSTRUCT EXCEPT FOR TITLING THE

VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL AXIS.

(A)VERTICAL AXIS IS ALWAYS TITLED "TIMES OCCURRING.

(B)HORIZONTAL AXIS TITLE WILL CHANGE ACCORDING
TO THE INFORMATION BEING GRAPHED.

(3) IN SOME CASES, NUMBERS WILL BE ROUNDED TO MAKE BETTER GROUPING BEFORE MAKING YOUR HISTOGRAM.

(4)DETERMINE MOST TIMES OCCURRING INFORMATION. THIS

TELLS YOU HOW MANY SPACES YOU NEED ON THE VERTICAL AXIS.

(5)DETERMINE THE LOWEST AND THE HIGHEST PIECES OF

DATA. BY SUBTRACTING THESE TWO YOU NOW KNOW THE RANGE OF ANSWERS TO BE GRAPHED. YOU NOW US THIS INFORMATION TO SET UP YOUR HORIZONTAL AXIS SCALE.

Graphing Tips

(1) USE PENCIL ONLY

(2) COLORED PENCILS MAY BE USED; AND WILL BE A BIG

HELP IN SOME GRAPHING.

(3) YOU MUST SHOW ALL MATH CALCULATIONS !

(4) ALL ANSWERS MUST BE LABELED !

(1) WILL ALWAYS BE ONE FULL PAGE IN SIZE,

(2) LEAVE A FOUR SPACE MARGIN ON THE BOTTOM AND
THE LEFT HAND SIDE.

(3)SCALING YOUR GRAPH

(A)MAKE NO BREAKS IN THE SCALE.

(B)HORIZONTAL AXIS IS THE INDEPENDENT

INFORMATION. (TELLS US TO GO OVER)

(C)VERTICAL AXIS IS THE DEPENDENT

INFORMATION. (TELLS US TO GO UP)

(D)EACH SPACE ON THE SAME AXIS MUST HAVE THE

SAME VALUE.

(E)USE YOUR LARGEST SET OF DATA TO DETERMINE

THE SCALES FOR THE HORIZONTAL AND
VERTICAL AXIS.

(F)TITLE EACH AXIS.

(G)TITLE THE GRAPH.

1) RATIO - A COMPARISON OF TWO SETS OF DATA BY DIVISION.

RATIO = DEPENDENT (Side) INDEPENDENT (Bottom)

(2)IN READING PROBLEMS, THE FIRST PIECE OF DATA USUALLY GOES

ON TOP AND THE SECOND PIECE OF DATA GOES UNDERNEATH.

LABORATORY EQUIPMENT

Name

Match the following names of lab instruments and equipment with the correct picture.

a.beaker

b.graduated
cylinder

c.balance

d.Bunsen
burner

e. test tube

f. test tube clamp

g. funnelI. tongs

h. Erlenmeyer j. ring
flaskstand

Laboratory Skills Checkup 6 Making Measurements

Look at the drawings and write the letter of the drawing next to the description that it matches.

1. Measures time______

2. Measures mineral hardness_____

5.Measures air pressure______

6.Measures temperature_____

3. Measures mass______

7. Measures earthquake waves_____

4. Measures volume______

8. Measures length_____

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Laboratory Skills Checkup 7

Safety First:

Circle any drawing that shows an unsafe laboratory activity and explain why it is unsafe.

MEASURING LENGTH

What lengths are marked on the following centimeter ruler?

A.____ B.____ C.____ D.____ E.____ F.____ G.____ H.____ I.____

Measure the following line with a centimeter ruler.