Unit 4 Vocabulary Quiz

Axis of Symmetry

• The line that separates a parabola into two equal halves.

• A method used to rewrite a quadratic equation from standard form into vertex form

• State of curving inward

• The greatest degree of any term in the polynomial

Completing the Square

• The line that separates a parabola into two equal halves.

• A method used to rewrite a quadratic equation from standard form into vertex form

• State of curving inward

• The greatest degree of any term in the polynomial

Concavity

• The line that separates a parabola into two equal halves.

• A method used to rewrite a quadratic equation from standard form into vertex form

• State of curving inward

• The greatest degree of any term in the polynomial

Difference of Two Squares

• a polynomial that can be factored as the product of the sum and difference of two terms. ex.  a² - b²  = (a – b)(a + b) 

• A rigid transformation of a graph in a horizontal direction, either left or right. f(x - h)

• form of a quadratic function that emphasizes the vertex f(x) = a(x - h)² + k

• a function of the coefficients of a polynomial equation whose value gives information about the roots of the polynomial. Ex. b^2-4ac

Discriminant

• a polynomial that can be factored as the product of the sum and difference of two terms. ex.  a² - b²  = (a – b)(a + b) 

• A rigid transformation of a graph in a horizontal direction, either left or right. f(x - h)

• form of a quadratic function that emphasizes the vertex f(x) = a(x - h)² + k

• a function of the coefficients of a polynomial equation whose value gives information about the roots of the polynomial. Ex. b^2-4ac

Horizontal Shift

• a polynomial that can be factored as the product of the sum and difference of two terms. ex.  a² - b²  = (a – b)(a + b) 

• A rigid transformation of a graph in a horizontal direction, either left or right. f(x - h)

• form of a quadratic function that emphasizes the vertex f(x) = a(x - h)² + k

• a function of the coefficients of a polynomial equation whose value gives information about the roots of the polynomial. Ex. b^2-4ac

vertex form

• The line that separates a parabola into two equal halves.

• A method used to rewrite a quadratic equation from standard form into vertex form

• form of a quadratic function that emphasizes the vertex f(x) = a(x - h)² + k

• The greatest degree of any term in the polynomial

Parabolic (Parabola)

• a trinomial that is the result of squaring a binomial 

• a polynomial with a degree of 2

• The coefficient of the term with the highest degree

• The graph of a quadratic equation.

Perfect Square Trinomial

• a trinomial that is the result of squaring a binomial 

• a polynomial with a degree of 2

• The coefficient of the term with the highest degree

• The graph of a quadratic equation.

Quadratic

• a trinomial that is the result of squaring a binomial 

• a polynomial with a degree of 2

• The coefficient of the term with the highest degree

• The graph of a quadratic equation.