Coordinate Grid Vocab

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What is the x-axis?

Back

The x-axis is the horizontal line on a coordinate grid.

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What is the y-axis?

Back

The y-axis is the vertical line on a coordinate grid.

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What are perpendicular lines?

Back

Perpendicular lines are two lines that intersect at right angles (90 degrees).

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What is the coordinate grid?

Back

A coordinate grid is a grid formed by two number lines that intersect at their 0 points and form right angles.

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What does the term 'origin' refer to in a coordinate grid?

Back

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

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What is the purpose of the x-axis?

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The x-axis is used to represent the horizontal values in a coordinate system.

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What is the purpose of the y-axis?

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The y-axis is used to represent the vertical values in a coordinate system.

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What are coordinates?

Back

Coordinates are a set of values that show an exact position on a coordinate grid, usually written as (x, y).

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What does it mean for lines to intersect?

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To intersect means that two lines cross each other at a certain point.

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What is a quadrant in a coordinate grid?

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A quadrant is one of the four sections of a coordinate grid, divided by the x-axis and y-axis.