Topic 5 and 6 Vocab

The rate of change between any two points in a linear relationship is the same or constant.

• decreasing

• fall

• graph

• constant rate of change

The graph of a line goes down on a portion of its domain when viewed from left to right.

• direction

• decreasing

• graph

• slant

A course along which someone or something moves.

• direction

• increasing

• steep

• fall

A variable (often denoted by y) whose value depends on that of another.

• dependent variable

• horizontal

• rise

• speed

Decrease or go down

• steep

• elapsed time

• fall

• rate

instrument for recording

• slant

• rise

• time zero

• graph

going straight across from side to side

• horizontal

• rise

• slant

• increasing

describes how a quantity is changing over time

• rate of change

• speed

• flat

• x-axis

to increase or go up

• slant

• steep

• rise

• independent variable

slope

• rise

• steep

• slant

• increasing