Quadratics Vocabulary Extra Practice

A vertical line that cuts the parabola into 2 symmetrical halves. This always goes through the vertex and ALWAYS begins with "x=" This is sometimes called the "line of symmetry".

• Parabola

• Quadratic

• Axis of Symmetry

• Domain

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7A

Where the parabola crosses the y-axis.

• X-intercept

• Domain

• Y-intercept

• Axis of Symmetry

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7A

If "a" from y = ax² + bx + c is negative, then the vertex is the highest point on the graph.

• Maximum

• Vertex

• Minimum

• Parabola

All possible y-values

• Domain

• Range

• Parabola

• Vertex

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CCSS.8.F.A.1

CCSS.HSF.IF.A.1

The graph of a quadratic function is called a 

• quadratic graph

• parabola

• half oval

• vertex form

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7A

In the picture, what does the coordinate (0, -2) represent?

• the x-intercept

• the minimum

• the axis of symmetry

• the y-intercept

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7A

On a graph, the value of x represented on B by the points (-2, 0) and (2,0) and on A by the origin.

• x-intercepts

• y-intercepts

• vertex

• axis of symmetry

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7A

The sum of a quadratic term, a linear term, and a constant in descending order

• point-slope form

• slope-intercept form

• standard form  

• vertex form

The minimum of a quadratic function is

• The lowest point (vertex) on a graph when a parabola opens up; the point where the graph changes from decreasing to increasing

• The highest point (vertex) on a graph when a parabola opens down; the point where the graph changes from increasing to decreasing

The maximum or minimum point of a parabola, the point the axis of symmetry cuts through, is called

• point of inflection

• origin

• vertex

• starting point