Graphing Points Vocabulary

Origin

• The point at which the x and y axis crosses.

• Where you start a line or graph.

y-axis

• the axis along which values of y are measure (vertical)

• the axis along which values of x are measured (horizontal)

Quadrant I or Q I

• Top right section with the (+,+) coordinates.

• Top left section with the (-,+) coordinates.

• Bottom left section with the (-,-) coordinates.

• Bottom right section with the (+,-) coordinates.

Y-Coordinate

• The y-value in an ordered pair.

• Where a line cross the y-axis

The horizontal axis that goes across the bottom of the graph. (Independent variable)

• Interval

• Y- axis

• X- axis

• plot

The vertical axis that runs up and down the side of the graph.

• Y-axis

• Plot

• Range

• X-axis

A picture of information from the data table used to show the relationship between variables.

• Graph

• Data table

• Plot

• Range

The vertical line on a graph

• Horizontal axis

• Range

• Vertical axis

• Graph

The intersection of the X and Y-axis values plotted on the graph.

• Range

• Interval

• Data point

• plot

The process of putting data points on graph using a • or some other symbol.

• plot

• Data point

• X-axis

• Graph