Open the figure the question names and ignore the others until a later stem asks for them. Most Science items live in one table or one graph. Data passages as a set are in data representation.
Locator, then that picture
If the stem says Figure 2, go there first, in go to the figure. Axis labels and units on that figure are in axis labels and units.
Sixty seconds is the section average, in 60 seconds on Science.
The bottom line
One named figure. Do not study Figure 3 for a Figure 1 question.
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