Quiz about Slope Vocabulary

Question 1

What variable represents the slope of a line?

Accepted Answer

m

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x

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b

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k

Question 2

What variable represents the y-intercept of a line?

Accepted Answer

b

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y

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m

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x

Question 3

What is the slope-intercept form of a linear equation?

Accepted Answer

y = mx + b

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ax + by = c

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a² + b² = c²

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(y - y₁) = m(x - x₁)

Question 4

What does slope describe?

Accepted Answer

the steepness of the line

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the y-intercept

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the curve

Question 5

What is the y-intercept

Accepted Answer

where the line crosses the y-axis

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steepness of the line

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where the line crosses the x-axis

Question 6

Describe a line when slope = 0

Accepted Answer

horizontal (flat)

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vertical

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slanted down from left to right

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slanted up from left to right

Question 7

Describe a line when the slope is undefined

Accepted Answer

vertical (straight up & down)

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slanted down from left to right

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horizontal (flat)

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slanted up from left to right

Question 8

How can you find the slope of a line on a graph?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{rise}{run}$$

Answer

Answer

$$\frac{run}{rise}$$

Question 9

What does the "rise" refer to?

Accepted Answer

the vertical change of a line on a graph

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the horizontal change of a line on a graph

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where the line crosses the y-axis

Question 10

What does the "run" refer to?

Accepted Answer

the horizontal change of a line on a graph

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where the line crosses the x-axis

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the vertical change of a line on a graph

Question 11

In a table, the y-intercept is the coordinate where...

Accepted Answer

x is equal to zero.

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y is equal to zero.

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both x and y are equal to zero.

Question 12

What do the x and y represent in the slope-intercept form for a linear equation?

y = mx + b

Accepted Answer

the coordinates of any point on the graph of the line

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the slope of the line

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the x and y intercept of the graph of the line

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the coordinates of the point that you plot first

Question 13

What is another word for Rate of Change?

Accepted Answer

Slope

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Y-Intercept

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Coefficient

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Constant

Question 14

When graphing a line, where do you plot the first point?

Accepted Answer

the y-intercept

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the origin

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the x-intercept

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in quadrant one

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