Quadratic Functions Vocabulary

What is the orange line called?

• Line of Solutions

• Roots

• Vertex

• Axis of Symmetry

The point in which a graph hits the x-axis is know as the _____

• Solution

• x-intercept

• Root

• All answers are correct

Does this graph in the back have maximum or minimum value?

• maximum

• minimum

• neither

• both

The minimum of a quadratic function is

• The lowest point (vertex) on a graph when a parabola opens up; the point where the graph changes from decreasing to increasing

• The highest point (vertex) on a graph when a parabola opens down; the point where the graph changes from increasing to decreasing

Which answer choice describes  y = -3x² +7x - 2 accurately?

• opens up with a maximum

• opens up with a minimum

• opens down with a maximum

• opens down with a minimum 

y = x² - 4x + 5

• down and down

• down and up

• up and down

• up and up

The maximum of a quadratic function is

• The highest point (vertex) on a graph when a parabola opens down; the point where the graph changes from increasing to decreasing

• The lowest point (vertex) on a graph when a parabola opens up; the point where the graph changes from decreasing to increasing

The graph of a quadratic function is called a

• line

• parabola

• half oval

• vertex form

If the vertex of this graph is (2, -1), what is the axis of symmetry?

• x= -1

• x = 2

• y = -1

• x = -2

The axis of symmetry line passes through which point?

• y-intercept

• any random point

• vertex

• symmetrical point for the vertex