Identifying Key Features of Quadratics Graphs

What is the significance of the ordered pair (0, -2) to the graph?

• It is the vertex

• It is an x-intercept

• It is the y-intercept

• It is the axis of symmetry

What is the significance of the ordered pair (2, -4) to the graph?

• It is the vertex

• It is an x-intercept

• It is the y-intercept

• It is the axis of symmetry

Quadratic equations take the shape of a _______ when graphed.

• parabola

• straight line

• snaked line

• elliptical

Label the graph to the right with each of the following characteristics

c

a

Vertex

Minimum

Solution

Label the correct key features of the graph.

a

b

c

x-intercept

Axis of Symmetry

Vertex

Match the following

• (3,-49)

• vertex

• (10,0)

• y intercept

• (-4,0)

• right x intercept

• (0,-40)

• left x intercept

Label the features of the quadratic shown.

e

f

g

d

c

Zeros

Vertex

Axis of Symmetry

All Real Numbers

Label the Graph with the Correct Key Features.

• X-intercept

• Vertex

• Y-intercept

Match each point with the key feature it represents according to the graph

• Point D

• y-intercept

• Point E

• right zero

• Point B

• not a key feature

• Point C

• left zero

• Point A

• vertex

Label the graph. Match the zero smaller and larger values by placing the box on the graph next to what it represents.

f

c

b

e

d

Axis of Symmetry: x = 1

Axis of Symmetry: x = -1

Smaller Zero Value

Minimum

Vertex (1, -1)

Larger Zero Value

Vertex (-1, 1)

Maximum