Vocabulary
Axis of Symmetry
Min/Max
Vertex
Quadratic Function
100

The shape of a quadratic function is called this

What is a Parabola?

100

What is the axis of symmetry for the following graph?

x = 2

100

Does the function below have a min or a max?

f(x) = x- 3x + 12  

min

100

If you know the vertex of a parabola, you also know the what?

axis of symmetry and min or max

100

Is the following a quadratic function? Explain why.


f(x) = x+ x-8x

No, because there is x3

200

The line that cuts a parabola in half

What is the axis of symmetry?

200

What is the axis of symmetry for the following graph?

x = -5

200

Does the function below have a min or a max?

f(x) = -2(x+4)2-1

max

200

What is the vertex for the following graph?

(1, 2)

200

Is the following a quadratic function? Explain why.


f(x) = 2x - 4x2


Yes, because the highest exponent is 2.

300

The highest or lowest point of a quadratic function.

What is a vertex?

300

What is the axis of symmetry for f(x) = (x-1)2+5

x = 1

300

What is the min/max for the following graph?


max=2

300

What is the vertex for the following function?

y=-(x+2)2-5


(-2,-5)

300

What is a quadratic function in standard form?

f(x) = ax+ bx + c

400

What type of function has a highest power of 2?

A quadratic function

400

What is the axis of symmetry for f(x) = x2 - 8x + 20

x = 4

400

What is the min/max for the following function?

y=2(x-3)2+4


min=4

400

What is the vertex for the following function?

y=x2+6x-2

(-3,-11)

400

What is the vertex form of a quadratic function?

y=a(x-h)2+k

500

What are two other names for the x-intercepts on a quadratic function?

roots

zeroes

500

What is the axis of symmetry for 

f(x) = 2x2 - 12x + 1

x = 3

500

What is the min/max for the following function? 

y=-2x2+4x-1


max=1

500

What is the vertex for the function f(x) = x2 + 2x -3

(-1, -4)

500

Is the following a quadratic function?


Not quadratic 

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