Coordinate Grids Vocabulary Quiz

the vertical reference line used to measure distance on the coordinate grid

• coordinate plane

• y axis

• origin

• x axis

the number that comes last in an ordered pair, which represents the vertical distance from the origin

• coordinates

• quadrant

• y coordinate

• x coordinate

the horizontal reference line used to measure distance on the coordinate grid

• x axis

• x coordinate

• y axis

• y coordinate

the number that comes first in an ordered pair, which represents the horizontal distance from the origin

• intersect

• origin

• y coordinate

• x coordinate

numbers used to represent a location on the coordinate grid

• intersect

• ordered pair

• coordinates

• x axis

numbers used to represent a location on the coordinate grid

• coordinates

• y axis

• ordered pair

• y coordinates

a plane with a horizontal number line (the x axis) and a vertical number line (the y axis)

• quadrant

• origin

• coordinate plane

• coordinates

each of the four sections that the coordinate plane is divided into by the x and y axes

• intersect

• quadrant

• origin

• ordered pair

the point where the x and y axis meet (0,0)

• origin

• intersect

• y coordinate

• x axis

to meet or cross over

• quadrant

• coordinates

• intersect

• ordered pair