Image of a little kid and baby animals with baby teeth
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Baby Teeth

Many animals have baby teeth just like you! But do they have the same amount?

By Elizabeth Carney
From the September 2023 Issue
Other Focus Areas: Growth & Development

You feel a tooth wiggle—your grin will soon have a gap! Most mammals, animals that nurse their young, grow two sets of teeth in their lives, one temporary and one permanent. This bar graph shows how many baby teeth some mammals have.

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TITLE: Tells what the graph is about

BAR: The total amount in a category

Y-AXIS LABEL: Tells what is being counted

SCALE: Set of numbers showing the data counted, starting at zero

X-AXIS LABEL: Describes the categories of data

Predict It! How many teeth will these youngsters have when they grow up? 

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