Coordinate Plane Vocabulary

The pair of numbers used to locate a point on a coordinate plane

• origin

• ordered pair

• parallel

The left/right or horizontal number line on a coordinate plane

• x-axis

• y-axis

The point where the axes meet

• x-axis

• y-axis

• origin

The up-down or vertical number line

• x-axis

• y-axis

The sun is the center of our solar system.

• True

• False

Which number is underlined?

(3,6)

• x-coordinate

• y-coordinate

• origin

(4,1)

• a coordinate grid

• an ordered pair

• x-axis

In this ordered pair, you would go to the left 2 then up 5.

(-2, 5)

• True

• False

The sun is a

• planet

• moon

• star

In this ordered pair you would go to the right 6, then down 4: (6, 4)

• True

• False