Showing patterns & trends Graphing Lab Showing patterns & trends Practice makes perfect!

What foods do slugs like to eat? food eaten lettuce (L) 4.0 mushroom (M) 8.2 dog food (D) 0.0 spinach (S) 6.5 apple (A) 8.6 peach (P) 5.4 orange (O) 1.0 12 Bar graph! 10 8 amount food eaten (g) 6 4 Slugs like apples best & dog food the least. Conclusion? 2 L M D S A P O food source

How much food do chickens eat? days food eaten 0.0 1 1.0 2 3.5 3 ?? 4 8.5 5 11.0 6 7 16.5 18 Line graph! 15 13.5 12 amount food eaten (g) 9 6.0 6 Chickens eat more food each day as they grow. Conclusion? 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 days

Populations of endangered birds 1950 1960 1970 crane 24 41 78 condor 76 43 20 swan 56 58 57 70 Line graph! 60 50 number of birds 40 Crane population is increasing. Condor population is decreasing. Swan population is holding steady. 30 Conclusion? 20 10 1950 1960 1970 years

Effect of smoking on death rate from lung cancer age heavy all never 35-44 2.5 2.0 0.0 45-54 10.2 6.5 55-64 22.5 16.5 65-74 60.0 23.0 4.2 75-84 85.0 25.2 6.4 Bar graph! 90 75 60 The longer & heavier you smoke the more likely you are to die of lung cancer. annual death rate 45 30 Conclusion? 15 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 age group

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