Trig Vocabulary

Which term refers to an angle whose vertex is at the center of a circle?

• Coterminal

• Central angle

• Cotangent

• Cosine

Tags

CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

What is the relationship between the period of a function and the value of "b" in the equation?

Tags

CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7E

Which term describes two angles that share the same initial and terminal sides, but may differ in how many times the angle rotates?

• Frequency

• Coterminal

• Cycle

• Central angle

What term is used to describe the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time?

• Amplitude

• Cycle

• Cosecant

• Frequency

Tags

CCSS.HSF.TF.A.4

What is the amplitude of a trigonometric function defined as?

• One-half the difference between the maximum and minimum values of the function

• The distance between the maximum value of the function and the midline

• The period of the function

• The frequency of the function

Tags

CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7E

Which trigonometric function is represented by the ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse in a right triangle?

• Cosine

• Sine

• Tangent

• Secant

Tags

CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.6

What are coterminal angles?

• Angles that share the same initial and terminal sides

• Angles that are supplementary

• Angles that are complementary

• Angles that have the same sine and cosine values

What is the "b" value of a function whose period is π?

• 2

• π

• 2π

• 1/2

What is the period of the sine function, y = sin x, as shown in the graph?

• π

• 2π

• 3π/2

• π/2

Tags

CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7E

What term is used to describe the angle formed by the initial side and terminal side of an angle in standard position?

• Quadrantal angle

• Reference angle

• Radian

• Initial side