Parabola Key Features

Which best describes the vertex of a parabola?

• A point on the x-axis

• A point on the y-axis

• The highest or lowest point of a parabola

• Any point on the parabola

What is the y-intercept of this parabola?

• (-1,3)

• (0,5)

• (-3,11)

• (-2,5)

The vertex of the parabola is the...

• maximum 

• minimum

• axis of symmetry

• line of symmetry

What is the maximum/minimum of a parabola called?

• bottom

• point

• vertex

• top

What is the green dashed line called?

• parabola

• x-intercepts

• line of dashes

• axis of symmetry

Does the quadratic have a maximum/minimum vertex, and does the parabola open up/down?

• maximum/opens down

• maximum/opens up

• minimum/opens down

• minimum/opens up

What is the vertex of this parabola?

• (-2, 5)

• (-1,-3)

• (0,5)

• (-1,3)

The parabola y = x² - 2x + 4

• will have a minimum vertex.

• will have a maximum vertex.

The parabola y = - 2x² - 4x + 1 will have an axis of symmetry of

• x = - 1

• x = 1

• x = 4

• x = - 4

What is the vertex of the parabola.

• (- 1, 4)

• (3, 0)

• ( 1, - 4)

• (0, -1)