Identifying Vocabulary for the Coordinate Plane

Front

What is the x-axis in the coordinate plane?

Back

The x-axis is the horizontal line in the coordinate plane where the y-coordinate is zero.

Front

What is the y-axis in the coordinate plane?

Back

The y-axis is the vertical line in the coordinate plane where the x-coordinate is zero.

Front

What are the four quadrants in the coordinate plane?

Back

The four quadrants are: Quadrant I (x > 0, y > 0), Quadrant II (x < 0, y > 0), Quadrant III (x < 0, y < 0), Quadrant IV (x > 0, y < 0).

Front

What is the origin in the coordinate plane?

Back

The origin is the point (0, 0) where the x-axis and y-axis intersect.

Front

What is an ordered pair?

Back

An ordered pair is a pair of numbers used to locate a point on the coordinate plane, written as (x, y).

Front

What does Quadrant I represent?

Back

Quadrant I represents points where both x and y coordinates are positive.

Front

What does Quadrant II represent?

Back

Quadrant II represents points where x coordinates are negative and y coordinates are positive.

Front

What does Quadrant III represent?

Back

Quadrant III represents points where both x and y coordinates are negative.

Front

What does Quadrant IV represent?

Back

Quadrant IV represents points where x coordinates are positive and y coordinates are negative.

Front

How do you identify a point in Quadrant I?

Back

A point in Quadrant I has both x and y coordinates greater than zero.