Matching Pairs Lesson 28 VocabularyOnline version Match the term and definition with the example. by Tracy Harrison 1 Absolute Value: A number’s distance from 0 on the number line. Absolute value is never negative. 2 Area: The amount of space inside a closed two-dimensional figure. Area is measured in square units such as square centimeters. 3 Quadrants: The four regions of the coordinate plane that are formed when the x-axis and y-axis intersect at the origin. 4 Counterclockwise 5 Origin: The point (0, 0) in the coordinate plane where the x-axis and y-axis intersect. 6 y-axis: the vertical number line in the coordinate plane. 7 x-axis: the horizontal number line in the coordinate plane. 8 Perimeter: The distance around a two-dimensional shape. The perimeter is equal to the sum of the lengths of the sides. In the opposite direction of hands on a clock or toward the left on a circle.