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Help With Science Graphs?

I was doing an experiment on the amount of heat produced by different types of wood. I did 3 trials and I recorded the temperature of the water (which was in a beaker over each fire) in one minute intervals for 5 minutes.

I finished the project and recorded the temperature on line graphs, but I was wondering what kind of graph would be best to use if I was going to make one averaging each wood's temperature.

Ex. The temperature of water for the oak was 17 degrees at the beginning (it was for all woods and trials), 20 at 1 min, 36 at 2 min, 48 at 3 min, 53 at 4 min, and 56 at 5 min.

Would I average the temperature for each trial separately, or would I find each trial's average and then average those?

Sorry if this was confusing, if you could just name the type of graph that would help. Thank you!

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  • 8 years ago
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    i think you should do a separate graph for each wood type...and make it a line graph...and connect the lines bc its a time trail..each wood would be trailed at least 3 times and each time trail would be put on the same graph so you need 3 different colors or 3 different line patterns for ur graph...

    so you would have 3 different graphs for your 3 types of wood

    then!

    take the 3 trails for one wood and average each min! like for 1 min you would have 3 different degrees and you average those..okay and you would do it for the other 2 wood types..

    those averages would be placed on an entirely new graph that compares the time and temp of the water (well burning of the wood thing)

    not do three types of wood and calculate the average..because that's not a "real" average bc all wood burns at a different rate which produces a different amount of heat...get it...like in order to get an average of something you have to test it a certain amount of times then calculate the average based on that...

    that's why you cant really get an average temp of wood burning with different types of wood...your conclusion for the experiment can be that different types of wood make heat at a different rate...what you really need is the average for each time and trail for each type......and im going to explain it here...

    for the average do this:

    okay...so you have 3 wood types... (where you see the time and degrees that's the average temp for each min for each type)

    type I (3 trials was done and this was the average--the average would be on the same graph as the others following)

    1min-20degrees

    2min-36degrees

    3min-48degrees

    4min-53 degrees

    5min-56 degrees

    Type II(3 trials was done and this was the average with its own graph)

    1min-10degrees

    2min-26degrees

    3min-38degrees

    4min-43 degrees

    5min-66 degrees

    Type III(3 trials was done and this was the average)

    1min-25degrees

    2min-40degrees

    3min-59degrees

    4min-70 degrees

    5min-81 degrees

    now you should make another line graph...when you do this use there different colors or 3 different patterns for you 3 types of wood....

    when you graph it put the time on the bottom and the temp on the y axis....(the temps i gave you are probably really bad..but you should notice some difference)

    i think this is how you should make your graph...

    sorry if i confused you..

    Source(s): my mind---um if you have a google account...make your graphs on google docs excel and post another question with that web link...and i could probly help you make it...its worth a try sorry thats its super long...
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