Parabola Characteristics Review

What is the axis of symmetry?

• 2

• 4

• x = 2

• y = 4

What is the vertex?

• -6

• 0

• (-6, 0)

• (0, -6)

What is the significance of the ordered pair (2, -4) to the graph?

• It is the vertex

• It is an x-intercept

• It is the y-intercept

• It is the axis of symmetry

Does
y = -4x²
have a maximum or minimum value?

• maximum

• minimum

What is the green dot on the parabola called?

• maximum

• minumum

• roots

• zeros

The axis of symmetry line passes through which point?

• y-intercept

• any random point

• vertex

• symmetrical point for the vertex

What is the green dashed line called?

• roots or x-intercepts

• parabola

• axis of symmetry

• y intercept

• wider

• narrower

• same width

• impossible to tell

• wider

• narrower

• same width

• impossible to tell

Identify the vertex.

• (-2.5, 2.5)

• -6

• (-6, 0)

• (0, -6)