Basics of Parabolas

What is the green dashed line called?

• roots or x-intercepts

• parabola

• axis of symmetry

• line of dashes

How many roots does this parabola have? 

• 3

• 2

• 0

• 1

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What is the green dot on this parabola called?

• vertex

• root

• zero

• solution

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What is the vertex of this quadratic equation?

• (-2,4)

• (2,4)

• (4,-2)

• (4,2)

What is the vertex of this parabola?

• (−1, 3)

• (−3, 11)

• (−2, 5)

• (0, 5)

What is the y-intercept of this parabola?

• (−1, 3)

• (−3, 11)

• (−2, 5)

• (0, 5)

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Where is the axis of symmetry for this parabola?

• x = −1

• x = 0

• y = 3

• x = −3

What do we call the graph of a quadratic function?

• parabola

• linear

• cubic

• sinusoidal

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If the a value is negative in the equation y = ax² + c , which direction does the parabola open?

• up

• down

• left

• right

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Does this parabola have a maximum or minimum?

• Maximum

• Minimum

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