Exploring the Coordinate Plane

What is the name of the horizontal axis in the coordinate plane?

• Y-axis

• X-axis

• Z-axis

• W-axis

What is the name of the vertical axis in the coordinate plane?

• X-axis

• Y-axis

• Z-axis

• W-axis

What is the point called where the X-axis and Y-axis intersect?

• Intersection Point

• Origin

• Center

• Midpoint

What are the coordinates of the origin in the coordinate plane?

In which quadrant are both x and y coordinates positive?

• Quadrant I

• Quadrant II

• Quadrant III

• Quadrant IV

What is the term for a pair of numbers used to locate a point on the coordinate plane?

• Coordinate Pair

• Ordered Pair

• Number Pair

• Axis Pair

• 3

• 5

• 0

• 8

• -2

• 4

• 0

• 2

Which of the following points lies on the Y-axis?

Label the axis on the graph:

a

b

x-axis

y-axis

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