Graphs & Charts
A bar graph uses rectangular bars of different lengths to show and compare data.
The lengths of the bars are proportional to the values they represent.
The bars can be vertical, up and down, or horizontal.
A circle graph, often called a pie graph, is shaped like a circle.
It is divided into segments that look like pieces of a pie.
Percentages are used to compare the segments, which are ordered from biggest to smallest.
Line graphs are used to show the relationship between two variables, such as time and distance.
These variables are plotted on 2 axes, the X-axis and the Y-axis.
The x-axis often shows time while the y-axis shows how quantities, such as distance, temperature or profits change with time.
A flowchart is a type of graph that shows how a process or project flows from start to finish.
A flowchart consists of start points, inputs, outputs and decision points.
An organizational chart, or org chart shows the structure of a company.
It shows how people and departments within a company are connected.
It defines the roles and responsibilities of people and departments within a company.
Line graphs are very good at showing how things change over time.
In a flowchart, a decision point shows that happens when a decision is made.
Legal Terms
Laws are rules that people are supposed to follow.
A system of laws governs the behavior of people within a country.
Criminals are people who break the law.
People who commit a crime are called criminals.
Some criminals are very dangerous and needed be put in jail.
A jail or prison is a place where criminals are locked behind bars, sometimes for many years.
Prisons are designed to keep criminals away from other people.
A courthouse is where someone charged with committing a crime goes on trial.
In court, evidence is presented to show the guilt or innocence of a person on trial.
When someone breaks the law, they may be arrested by the police.
To arrest someone means to take and hold them until they go on trial.
When someone breaks the law, they may be arrested and put on trail.
An action that is against the law is an illegal action.
Someone who commits a crime may be sent to prison.
When a person is charged with breaking a law, they are tried in court of law.
