graphs+and+spreadsheets+JL

= **The assignment.** =
 * On MyOn read the following: **
 * **Lions and Tigers and Graphs! Oh, my!**
 * 1) **Read the book all the way through once and take the quiz at the end.**
 * 2) **Read the book through again slowly to find the answers to the questions below.**
 * 3) **Write the answers in complete sentences next to each question.**


 * After reading the story, answer these questions: **
 * 1) What is a graph? tells a story about how much there is or how many there is of something, graphs could tell you how something changed.
 * 2) What is a **pictograph**? graph that uses pictures to show how many there are of something: one picture one animal
 * 3) What is a **tally chart**? mark made to keep track of score or record
 * 4) What does **compare** mean? to judge one thing against another and note similarities and differences
 * 5) What are the **axis** on a graph? bottom of a graph
 * 6) Which is the **x axis** and which is the **y axis**? X is years being compared and Y is the number of something
 * 7) What does the **title** of a graph tell about the graph? Says what it is going to about
 * 8) What is another name for a **circle** graph? pie chart
 * 9) What does the **key** of a graph tell about the graph? it tells what each color or symbol means
 * 10) What is a **poll**? survey of opinions
 * How do you know which type of graph to make? **
 * 1) What is the purpose of a **line graph**? to show how something changes over time
 * 2) What is the purpose of a **pie chart**? To show how much more or how much less
 * 3) What is the purpose of a **pictograph** or **bar chart**? to tell you how many there are and how much
 * 4) What is the purpose of a **tally char**t? great to count things as they happen
 * Science Graphs **
 * 1) Write a description of the data you are collecting for your science fair topic.
 * 2) What type of graph will you create?
 * 3) Explain why you will use that type of graph