Coordinate Plane Vocabulary Math

– the plane formed by two number

lines intersecting at their zero points

• X Axis

• Coordinate Plane

• Y Axis

one of four sections on the coordinate plane

formed by the intersection of the x-axis and

the y-axis

• Quadrant

• Coordinate Plane

• Origin

the vertical number line

• X Axis

• Y Axis

a pair of numbers that gives the location

of a point in the coordinate plane

(a.k.a. – the “coordinates” of a point)

• Coordinate Plane

• Ordered Pair

• Quadrant

Label the axis on the graph:

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

( -5, 7 )

( 0, -2 )

( -4, -5 )

x-axis

y-axis

( -2, 0 )

( 2, 5 )

( -5, -4 )

( 7, -5 )

( 5, 2 )

the number that indicates the position of

a point to the left or right of the y-axis

• X Coordinate

• Y Coordinate

• Coordinate Plane

the number that indicates the position of

a point above or below the x-axis

• Y Coordinate

• X Coordinate

• Coordinate Plane

the horizontal number line

• X Axis

• Y Axis

the intersection of the x-axis and y-axis

• X Axis

• Coordinate Plane

• Origin

The __ - axis is the horizontal axis of the coordinate plane.  

• X

• Y

• Z

• None of the above