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7.13 Choosing Graph Types and Scales Worksheet

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This Grade 7 Science worksheet provides structured practice on 7.13 Choosing Graph Types and Scales. Students are guided through targeted exercises that build foundational understanding, computational accuracy, and critical thinking skills.

Choosing Graph Types and Scales - Which graphing choice makes the intended pattern most visible? (NGSS SEPs: Analyzing and Interpreting Data)

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Grade 7

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

Use the table of leaf mass in sun and shade measured once each week for 6 weeks during decomposition. Which graphing choice would most clearly compare how the two leaf groups changed across the weeks?

AScatter plot of week label and leaf group

BCircle graph of the total leaf mass in both groups

CGrouped bar graph with one pair of bars for each week

DDouble-line graph with week on the x-axis and one line for sun and one for shade

Solution & Explanation:Both groups were measured repeatedly over time, so a double-line graph is the clearest way to compare their changes week by week.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

A motion sensor recorded an object's speed every second for 12 seconds, and the class wants a graph that clearly shows the speed rising quickly and then leveling off. Which full graphing choice would best reveal that pattern?

ABar graph with the y-axis starting near the first speed value only

BScatter plot of object name and speed

CCircle graph showing the fraction of total speed at each second

DLine graph with time from 0 to 12 s on the x-axis and speed on an even y-axis that includes all values

Solution & Explanation:Speed was measured over time, so a line graph with a sensible scale is the best way to show the rapid rise and later plateau.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

A farmer measured soil pH at 25 random places in a field and wants to see how the pH values are distributed. Which graph would be the best choice?

ACircle graph of the total pH

BHistogram of pH intervals

CLine graph of the pH values in the order collected

DBar graph using each sample location as its own category

Solution & Explanation:A histogram shows how many measurements fall into each pH range, which is exactly what a distribution graph should do.

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