Tell me if this right?

Question

I will try to describe the graph as best I can. Along the y axis was Height in kilometees. Along the x axis was temperature in degrees celcius. The title was a line grah showing the increase in temperature in teh earths atmosphere or something similar. The line started on the x axis and went up

Was the independant variable y?

Is the independant variable always x

Answer 1

Do you're own home work

Answer 2

Independent variable in this case was the temperature. The height is the dependant variable.(as it DEPENDS on the temperature).
Usually the independant variable is on the x axis.
Most of the time (but not always) the independant variable is time.
In this case I would have expected the temperature to be the dependant variable (y axis ) and the height the independant variable (x axis) as you are comparing the temperature changes the higher you go.
Check again to see if you've understood this properly as the temperature should go down the higher up you get.

Answer 3

The 'Independant variable' is the one that the experimenter controls, or is the value of a result that is plotted.

In your case the height is a range in which the values are measured. That is in effect a constant, you could have selected any height range, but once selected that is the range of constant points by which your measured or calculated values align.

Your Independant variable is your temperature, it is the result, in this case the result of a measurement at a specific height.

Try not to associate the Independant variable with an axis in your mind, because in that case you might get mixed up if you are asked to create a different type of graph. Instead associate it with the results which align with your graphs constant points.

Answer 4

First, it looks like the graph is telling you that the higher you go from the earth, the temperature changes as such as it does. Therefore, the INDEPENDENT variable, the height, would go on the x-axis, and the DEPENDENT variable, the temperature, would go on the y-axis.

Independent variable is always on the x-axis (horizontal line))
Dependent variable is always on the y-axis (vertical line)

Answer 5

The independent variable is X and the independent variable is always x. Remember, independent variable is the factor that affects the outcome of the experiment and the y, dependent variable, is the outcome of the experiment.

Answer 6

First of all, Bertie should learn the difference between possesive "your" and the contraction "you're" otherwise known as, "you are." That being said, does the line from the x-axis go straight up? If it starts at the x axis and goes straight up, then your graph doesn't have a y variable at all.

Answer 7

The independent variable is y because the height in kilometers depends on the temperature.... if you need more help or are still unsure you can check these sites on independent and dependent variables:

http://cnx.org/content/m13448/latest/
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/help/user_guide/graph/variables.asp

Answer 8

the independent variable is independent of factors so the height would be independent
the temperature varies with height so it is dependent on height

Answer 9

can't understand the question. too many spelling mistakes. no offense.