Vocabulary
Reading Points on a Grid
Plotting Points
(all positive points)
Plotting Points
(+ and -)
General
100

Which axis is horizontal?

What is the x-axis?

100

Name the coordinate pair that describes the location of the orange square.

What is (1 , 8)?

100

Describe how to plot (1, 1) on the coordinate plane below. (Right, Up)

What is right 1, up 1?

100

Describe how to plot (3 , 0) on the coordinate plane below. (Left, Right, Up, Down)


What is 3 right?

100

Which punctuation mark shows possession, as in “Sarah’s book”?

Apostrophe

200

Which axis is vertical?

What is the y-axis?

200

Name the coordinate pair that describes the location of the yellow star.

What is (-4 , 5)?

200

Describe how to plot (5 , 4) on the coordinate plane below. (Right, Up)

What is right 5, up 4?

200

Describe how to plot (-5, 2) on the coordinate plane below. (Left, Right, Up, Down)

What is 5 left, 2 up?

200

What is the name of a plant with a jaw-like mechanism to trap flies and other small insects?

Venus Fly Trap

300

What is the name for the point that has the coordinates (0,0)?

What is the Origin?

300

Name the coordinate pair that describes the location of the green triangle.

What is (-5 , 1)?

300

Describe how to plot (6 , 2) on the coordinate plane below. (Right, Up)

What is right 6, up 2?

300

Describe how to plot (0 , 6) on the coordinate plane below. (Left, Right, Up, Down)

What is 6 up?

300

What is the name of a triangle with different length sides for all three sides?

Scalene Triangle

400

How do you write an ordered pair?

A. (z , y)

B. (y , x)

C. (Y, y)

D. (x , y)

What is D? (x , y)

400

Name the coordinate pair that describes the location of the blue circle.

What is (-4 , -5)?

400

Describe how to plot (4 , 1) on the coordinate plane below. (Right, Up)

What is right 4, up 1?

400

Describe how to plot (-6, -4) on the coordinate plane below. (Left, Right, Up, Down)

What is 6 left, 4 down?

400

What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere to perform photosynthesis?

Carbon Dioxide

500

What is the math term we use to describe the image below?


What is a Coordinate Plane?

500

Name the coordinate pair that describes the location of the blue music note.

What is (8 , 3)?

500

Describe how to plot (6 , 0) on the coordinate plane below. (Right, Up)

What is 6 right?

500

Describe how to plot (0, -5) on the coordinate plane below. (Left, Right, Up, Down)

What is 5 down?

500

 What is the term for a baby kangaroo?

Joey
600

What is the math term that we use to describe the different sections of a coordinate grid?  HINT: There are four of these. 

What are Quadrants?

600

Name the coordinate pair that describes the location of the red x.

What is (-2 , 0)?

600

Describe how to plot (3,7) on the coordinate plane below. (Right, Up)

What is 3 right, 7 up?

600

Describe how to plot (-3 , -3) on the coordinate plane below. (Left, Right, Up, Down)

What is 3 left, 3 down?

600

What spacecraft, launched in 1977, holds the record for being the farthest human-made object from Earth?

Voyager 1