Statistical Graphs:  America's National Parks
Listed below are the 50 National Parks in the United States with their corresponding land acreage...  (National Geographic's Guide to the National Parks of the U.S. / 1991*)
  Park Name  Land Area (Acres)  NPS icon (link: National Park Service)   Park Name  Land Area (Acres) 
  Acadia  35,000    Katmai  4,090,000  
  American Samoa  8,870    Kenai Fjords  670,000  
  Arches  77,379    Kings Canyon  462,000  
  Badlands  244,300    Kobuk Valley  1,750,000  
  Big Bend  801,146    Lake Clark  4,045,000  
  Biscayne  181,500    Lassen Volcanic  106,000  
  Bryce Canyon  35,835    Mammoth Cave  52,714  
  Canyonlands  337,570    Mesa Verde  52,074  
  Capitol Reef  241,904    Mount Ranier  235,404  
  Carlsbad Caverns  46,766    North Cascades  684,000  
  Channel Islands  248,515    Olympic  922,000  
  Crater Lake  183,227    Petrified Forest  93,533  
  Denali  6,028,091    Redwood  108,400  
  Everglades  1,506,539    Rocky Mountain  265,668  
  Gates of the Arctic  8,500,000    Sequoia  402,000  
  Glacier Bay  3,280,198    Shenandoah  194,630  
  Grand Canyon  1,218,375    Theodore Roosevelt  70,416  
  Grand Teton  310,516    Virgin Islands  12,909  
  Great Basin  77,109    Voyageurs  218,054  
  Great Smokey Mountains  520,004    Waterton Glacier  1,013,572  
  Guadalupe Mountains  86,416    Wind Cave  28,292  
  Haleakala  28,655    Wrangell-St.Elias  13,188,000  
  Hawaii Volcanoes  229,177    Yellowstone  2,221,766  
  Hot Springs  4,837    Yosemite  748,542  
  Isle Royale  134,400    Zion  146,551  

Complete the following frequency distribution (table):
 Land Area (Acres)  Tally  Frequency   Rel. Freq. (%) 
0 -   99,999     
100,000 - 199,999    
200,000 - 299,999    
300,000 - 499,999    
500,000 - 999,999    
1,000,000+                 
Totals  

a.  Graph each of the following histograms using the data above.

b. 

Are the two graphs similar or dissimilar?  Explain why.
c.  Frequency and relative frequency histograms _______ have the same shape.
 
  1. always
  2. occasionally
  1. usually
  2. never

*As of 12-31-2000, five more sites have been added to the National Park system:  Black Canyon of the Gunnison N.P. (1999), Death Valley N.P. (1994), Dry Tortugas N.P. (1992), Joshua Tree N.P. (1994), and Saguaro N.P. (1994).   /   Nat'l Parks Net