Math Vocabulary
An equation that make a straight line when graphed. It can be written in the form y=mx+b
What is a linear function?
The longest side of a right triangle, located directly across from the right angle
What is the hypotenuse?
The author of the book "The Outsiders"
Who is S.E. Hinton?
This is the chemical process by which green plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create food and release oxygen into the atmosphere.
What is photosynthesis?
He served as the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution
Who is George Washington?
A measure of the steepness of a line
What is slope?
A transformation that "slides" an object up, down, left, and right
What is translation?
This figure of speech compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
This boundary line in the Pacific Ocean is home to roughly 90% of the world's earthquakes and the majority of its active volcanoes
What is the ring of fire?
The name of the ship that carried the Pilgrims across the Atlantic Ocean to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620
What is the Mayflower?
A set of two or more equations with the same variables. The solution is the point where the lines intersect
What is a system of equations?
The transformation that takes a point (x,y) and moves it to (-x,y)
What is a reflection across the y-axis?
In the 1983 movie adaptation of "The Outsiders", this future Mission Impossible mega-star played the monro Greaser role of Steve Randle
Who is Tom Cruise?
Excluding plasma, these are the three primary states of matter commonly found on Earth
What are solid, liquid, and gas?
Issued by Abraham Lincoln, this historic document declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free"
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
A number that can be written as a fraction or a terminating and repeating decimal
What is a rational number?
Having the exact same size and shape.
What is congruent?
This literary term describes a figure of speech that combines two contradictory or opposing terms, such as "deafening silence" or "seriously funny"
What is an oxymorom?
Located at the very center of an atom, this dense region contains both protons and neutrons
What is a nucleus?
This ancient civilization is famous for its massive empire, the invention of concrete, aqueducts, and hosting gladiator games in the Colosseum
Who were the Romans?
A way of writing very large and very small numbers using powers of 10
What is scientific notation?
The amount of 3D space an object takes up
What is Volume?
This punctuation mark is used to link two independent clauses that are closely related in thought without using a conjunction like "and" or "but"
What is a semicolon?
With the chemical symbol Hg, this is the only elemental metal that remains in a liquid state at standard room tempreature
What is mercury?
This social and political system dominated medieval Europe, where local lords granted land to vassals in exchange for military service and loyalty
What is feudalism?