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Computer Applications 1: Charts
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Computer Science
9th Grade
12/09/2010

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What is a graph?
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A graph is a feature of a chart used to plot data.
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What is the Y-Axis?
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The vertical side of a graph; displays numberical data
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What is the X-Axis?
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The horizontal bottom of the graph; used to display category information
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What are data markers?
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Numbers on the data used to represent values.
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What is the gridline?
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Lines across the graph to make it easier to understand values.
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What is the plot area?
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The rectangular space in which there is a graph.
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What are tick marks?
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They are used to add clarification to the data categories
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What is a legend?
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The object that explains the symbols, colors, or patters to differenciate the data
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What are data labels
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Single value or peice of data from the series.
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What is a chart title?
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Describes the purpose and thecontent of the graph.
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What are axis titles?
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Used to describe the X and Y axis.
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What is an embedded chart?
Definition
One that appears on the same sheet as the worksheet it represents.
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What is a separate chart?
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A chart that is on another application than what the data is on
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What is a linked chart?
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One that will change with the data that is entered into the spreadsheet it represents.
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What is a column chart used for?
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Used to make comparisons.
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What is a stacked bar chart used for?
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Used to represent the total contribution of individual items to a whole
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What is a line chart used for?
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Used to indicate trends in data.
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What does an XY Scatter chart do?
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Used to indicate correlation between two or more series of data.
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What is a pie chart used for?
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Used to represent 1 set of data.
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What is an exploded pie chart?
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Used to emphasize one or more portions of the data from a pie chart.
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