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Title: Graphs, Charts and Diagrams


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Graphs, Charts and Diagrams
  • PGeo pp. 14-17
  • 1.1c Interpret and construct charts and
    geographic databases.

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I. What is a graph?
  • A. Summarizes/presents information visually
  • 1. Title describes the subject
  • 2. Labels
  • a. vertical axis tells what is being
    measured
  • b. horizontal axis tells units of
    measurement

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II. Bar, Line and Circle Graph
  • Bar Graph
  • Uses bars or wide lines to compare data such as
    quantities

http//www.ncsu.edu/labwrite/res/gh/gh-bargraph.ht
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  • B. Line Graphs
  • 1. shows changes over a period of time, amounts
    are plotted and then connected by a line

Using Data and Statistics The Math League
5
  • C. Circle Graphs
  • 1. shows the whole divided into parts, pie graph

Using Data and Statistics The Math League
6
III. Charts
  • Presents related facts and numbers in an
    organized way
  • Arranged in rows and columns
  • Flow Charts shows order of how things happen or
    are related

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Chart examples
  • http//www.infopeople.org/search/chart.html

http//deming.eng.clemson.edu/pub/tutorials/qctool
s/flowm.htmExample
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IV. Pictographs
  • A. Uses pictures or symbols to show comparisons,
    like a bar graph

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V. Climographs
  • Climate graphs, line and bar graph to show
    overall climate
  • Shows several kinds of information
  • 1. rainfall
  • 2. temperature
  • 3. month of the year

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VI. Diagrams
  • Shows steps in a process
  • Parts of an object
  • Explains how something works

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Assignment
  • On the next clean page in your spiral, using
    newspapers or magazines
  • Find and cut out examples of a bar graph, line
    graph, circle graph, chart and diagram.
  • Glue or tape them into your spiral, one example
    per page.
  • At the top of the page, label the type of
    example. At the bottom of the page, write a short
    explanation of why it is that type of
    chart/graph and what information is being
    presented.
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