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Pg:- 8,9 Ch:-1 Its a important tool that can be used in measuring

A bar chart is a graphical representation used to display and compare the frequency, count, or other measure of different categories of data. It consists of rectangular bars, where the length or height of each bar is proportional to the value it represents.

Axes:

• X-Axis (Horizontal Axis): This typically represents the categories or groups being compared. Each bar corresponds to a category.

• Y-Axis (Vertical Axis): This axis represents the value or frequency associated with each category. It could be a count, percentage, or other numerical data.

In an experiment measuring the growth of plants under different light conditions, each bar might represent a different type of light (e.g., sunlight, fluorescent light, LED light), and the height of the bar would show the average growth of the plants under each condition.

A bar chart could display the annual rainfall in different regions over several years, with each year’s data represented by a different color within the bars.

 In scientific research, bar charts can be used to simplify complex datasets by summarizing the data into meaningful categories. In environmental science, a bar chart could summarize the concentration of pollutants in different water samples, making it easier to present the data to policymakers or the public.