Coordinate Vocabulary
Graphing
Maps
Ms. Schuler
Coordinate Plane
100
What do you call this set of numbers? (3,6)
Coordinates
100
Which number is in the y line according to the coordinate (7,5)?
5
100
What do each of these letters stand for?
N E S W
N = North
E = East
S = South
W = West
100
What do you call these - N, S, E, W?
Cardinal Directions
North
South
East
West
100
A coordinate plane has a what?
x-axis, y-axis, and orgin
200
What is the name of the horizontal line?
X
200
Which number is in the x line according to the coordinate (2,9)?
2
200
Where is the Cow?
C7
200
We live in what country?
U. S. A (United States of America)
200
What is the name of the prime meridian?
Greenwich
300
What is the name of the vertical line?
Y
300
What are the coordinates for the X?
(5,6)
300
Where is the tractor?
M8
300
What state do we live in?
Iowa
300
In which year maps were created?
1527
400
What is the name of a flat surface usually with grid lines?
A plane
400
What are the coordinates for point A
(4,2)
400
What is located at L3?
house
400
What county do we live in?
Jackson County
400
Where does the orgin intersect?
x and y- axis
500
What do you call the point where the x and the y start?
The origin
500
What are the coordinates for point C?
(0,4)
500
What is directly to the south of the chicken?
red flower
500
What is Ms. Schuler's Favorite Color
Green, Lavendar, Purple
500
Why do we use maps instead of globes to find coordinates?
Because they are plane.