Quadratic Terms

Front

maximum

Back

highest point of the parabola

Front

roots

Back

another word for "solutions".

Front

zeros

Back

x intercepts of the graph; where y=0

Front

minimum

Back

lowest point of the parabola

Front

y-intercept

Back

value of y when x = 0; where the graph crosses the y-axis

Front

parabola

Back

The U shaped graph of a quadratic function

Front

vertex

Back

turning point - either minimum (lowest point) or maximum (highest point) on the parabola

Front

domain

Back

all possible x values; For a parabola, this is all real numbers.

Front

axis of symmetry

Back

line that passes through the vertex that divides a parabola into equal left and right halves.

Front

range

Back

all possible y values; For a parabola, look at the vertex and which way the graph opens