Cartesian Coordinate System

It is a plane formed by the intersection of two coordinate axes that are perpendicular to each other.

• Cartesian Plane

• Circle

• Rectangle

• square

What do you call the horizontal number line in a coordinate plane?

• x-axis

• y-axis

• ordinate

• abscissa

It is the vertical number line in a coordinate plane.

• x-axis

• y-axis

• ordinate

• abscissa

Who invented the Cartesian coordinate system?

• Rene Descartes

• Archimedes

• Euclid

• Pythagoras

It is the first number of the coordinates of a point.

• x-coordinate

• y-coordinate

• variable

• coefficient

It is another term for y-coordinate.

• ordinate

• abscissa

• x-axis

• y-axis

What are the signs of the coordinates in the first quadrant?

• (+, +)

• (+, -)

• (-, +)

• (-, -)

What do you call to the intersection of the x and y-axis?

• quadrant

• origin

• vertex

• center

Where do you locate the point (4, -5)?

• Quadrant I

• Quadrant II

• Quadrant III

• Quadrant IV

What is the distance of point (0, -5) from the origin?

• 3 units

• 4 units

• 5 units

• -5 units