Units 12, 13, and 14 Vocabulary

Front

What is a coordinate plane?

Back

A coordinate grid that extends to include both positive and negative numbers.

Front

What are two numbers in an ordered pair called?

Back

Coordinates

Front

What does it mean to intersect?

Back

To cross or meet.

Front

What are two lines that intersect at a right angle called?

Back

Perpendicular lines.

Front

What is an ordered pair?

Back

A pair of numbers used to locate a point on a coordinate grid.

Front

What is the x-axis?

Back

The horizontal line in a coordinate plane.

Front

What is the y-axis?

Back

The vertical line in a coordinate plane.

Front

What is the origin in a coordinate plane?

Back

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

Front

What are parallel lines?

Back

Lines that never intersect and are always the same distance apart.

Front

What is a quadrant in a coordinate plane?

Back

One of the four sections created by the x-axis and y-axis.