Coordinate Grid Vocabulary

Front

What is the vertical number line in a coordinate grid?

Back

y-axis

Front

What are the number lines in a coordinate grid called?

Back

axes

Front

What point is the origin in a coordinate system?

Back

(0,0)

Front

What is a grid formed by two number lines that intersect at their zero points and form right angles?

Back

coordinate grid

Front

What is the term for marking a point on a coordinate grid?

Back

Plotting

Front

What is the horizontal number line in a coordinate grid?

Back

x-axis

Front

What are the coordinates of the point where the x-axis and y-axis intersect?

Back

(0,0)

Front

What do you call the ordered pair that represents a point on a coordinate grid?

Back

(x,y)

Front

What is the term for the distance from the origin to a point on the x-axis?

Back

x-coordinate

Front

What is the term for the distance from the origin to a point on the y-axis?

Back

y-coordinate