VOCABULARY
AXIS OF SYMMETRY
FORMS
TRANSFORMATIONS
Features
100
The u-shaped graph shown by a quadratic.
What is a PARABOLA?
100

This is the formula for the axis of symmetry from standard form.

What is x = -b/2a ?

100

The x intercepts of f(x)=(x-1)(x+1) are these ordered pairs.

What is (-1,0) and (1,0)?

100

The transformations of f(x)=(x+4)^2 - 4

What are left 4 and down 4?

100

A parabola will look like this if a is negative.

What is open downwards with the vertex as a maximum?

200
The line that passes through the vertex and divides a parabola into two symmetric parts.
What is the AXIS OF SYMMETRY?
200

This is the axis of symmetry for the equation y = 2(x+2)^2+5.

What is x = -2?

200

y = 4x^2 - 2x + 7 has its y-intercept at this point

What is (0,7)?

200

The equation f(x) = x^2 - 25 shows how the parent function moves.

What is down 25 units.

200
The minimum or maximum point of a parabola.

What is the vertex?

300
The lowest or highest point on a parabola.
What is the VERTEX?
300
This is the axis of symmetry for y=3x^2+6x-2
What is x = -1?
300
The vertex of y = x^2 is this ordered pair.
What is (0,0)?
300

This is how I show the parent function has moved up 5 and right 10.

What is (x-10)^2 + 5?

300

The line between the x-intercepts.

What is the axis of symmetry?

400

These are the points when the function is equal to zero.

What are x-intercepts, roots and zeros?

400

This is the axis of symmetry for y = (x-4)(x+10)

What is x = -3?

400

This point is the axis of symmetry of y = (x-1)(x+5)

What is x=-2?

400

This will happen to the graph of 1/2 * x^2

What is get compressed?

400

The value of the x-coordinate when crossing the y-axis.

What is zero?

500
This is the standard form of a quadratic equation.
What is ax^2 + bx + c = 0 ?
500

This is the axis of symmetry for y = -4x^2 + 3.

What is x = 0?

500

This point is the vertex of y = -3x^2 + 18x - 13.

What is (3,14)?

500

This is how the parabola of -(x+5)^2 looks.

What is flipped and shifted left 5 units.

500

One of the x-intercepts of: y = 2x^2 - 12x + 16 is 2. Determine the other x-intercept.

What is 4?