Vocabulary
Transformations
Vertex Form
Transformations from Graphs
Transformations from Equations
Standard Form
100

What do you call the shape of a quadratic equation?

A Parabola

100

A negative a value does what to a parabola

Reflects it over the X-Axis (flipped/upside down)

100

y = -2(x-2)2+7

What is a, h, and k?

a = -2

h = 2

k = 7

100

The transformation from the parent function to the graph on the image below: 

A horizontal shift left 2 units

100

The transformation that occurs in the quadratic function 

f(x)=x^2+3

A vertical shift up 3 units

100

How do you find the x intercepts of a quadratic equation?

Factor the quadratic, then set factor  equal to zero and solve for x.

200

The lowest or the highest possible point of a parabola is...

The Vertex

200

The h value of a parabola does what to it? 

Shifts it left if negative or right if positive.

200

What is the vertex of: y = (x+3)2-2

(-3,-2)

200

The transformation that occurs from the parent function to the graph below

A vertical shift down 3 units

200

The transformation that occurs in the quadratic function 

f(x)=(x-3)^2

A horizontal shift right 3 units

200
What is the y - Intercept of: y=x2+3x-5

y = -5 or (0,-5)

300

A vertical line that slices the parabola in half. Its equation is written as x= , where x is the x value of the vertex

The Axis of Symmetry

300

The k value does what to a parabola? 

Moves it up if it is positive or down if it is negative.

300

What is the vertex of: y = -2(x-5)2+12

(5,12)

300

The transformations that occur from the parent function to the graph below 

A horizontal shift right 3 and a vertical shift down 2

300

The transformation that occurs in the quadratic function 

f(x)=2x^2 

A vertical stretch of 2

300

What are the x - intercepts of: y=x2+4x-12

x=-6 and x=2

(-6,0) and (2,0)

400

This word describes a vertex that is the lowest point (Hint: this means the parabola is facing upward: U)

A Minimum

400

|a|>1, what transformation occurs? 

 A vertical stretch

400

Make a graph of y = (x-2)2+7

Mr. Alcazar will decide who gets the points

(This isn't advanced enough for me to graph the answer)

400

The transformations from the parent function to the graph below

What are a horizontal shift left 5 units and a vertical shift up 1 unit? 

400

The Transformations that Occur in the Quadratic Function 

f(x)=1/3(x+2)^2-4

A vertical compression of 1/3, a horizontal shift left 2, and a vertical shift left down 4

400

What are the x-intercepts of y=x2-3x-10

x = 5 and x = -2

(5,0) and (-2,0)

500

What is the name of the points where the Parabola crosses the x-axis?

 

X Intercepts or Zeros or Roots

500

If 0<|a|<1, which transformation occurs? 

A vertical Compression

500

Make a graph of y = -(x+1)2-4

Mr. Alcazar will decide who gets the points. 

(I cannot graph on here).

500

The transformations from the parent function to the graph shown below

A reflection over the x-axis, a horizontal shift right 3 units, and a vertical shift up 2 units? 

500

The transformations that occur in the quadratic function 

f(x)=-5(x-3)^2+6

A reflection across the x-axis (flipped/upside down), a vertical stretch of 5, a horizontal shift right 3 units, and a vertical shift up 6 units

500

What is the axis of symmetry of: y=x2+4x-5

x = -2

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