Leaf Graphing Practice
- 1. Name_________________________________Date_______Pd._________Score:_________ Graphing Practice Directions: Use the following information to create a scatter plot for graph #1. Read it carefully to pick out clues about how to set up the graph. Use the graphing paper below. Graph #1 Marie and Seth are working on a lab activity where they are tracking some leaves that are floating past them in a rain runoff channel near their home. They have to measure how far the leaves travel in different amounts of time. They place a long tape measure along side of the runoff channel to measure distance. They will use a stopwatch to record the amount of time. They plan to have time intervals that begin at two seconds, and increase by two’s until they get to 20 seconds. The data they recorded is below: Before graphing, answer the following questions: Time in Distance in 1. What depends on what? ___________________________________________ Seconds Centimeters 2. What is the dependent variable? 2 5.5 ___________________________________________ 4 11.8 3. On which axis does the dependent variable 6 16.4 go? 8 22.2 ___________________________________________ 10 27.5 4. What is the independent variable? 12 33.3 ___________________________________________ 14 38.6 5. On which axis does the independent variable 16 44.0 go? ___________________________________________ 18 49.1 6. What is the range of your scale on the X-axis? 20 54.3 ___________________________________________ 7. What is the range of your scale on the y-axis? ___________________________________________