NAME _____________________________________________ DATE ____________________________ PERIOD _____________

Chapter 9 Vocabulary Test SCORE ___________

angle of depression cosine period sine

angle of elevation cotangent periodic function standard position
amplitude cycle phase shift tangent
circular function frequency radian trigonometry
cosecant midline secant unit circle

Choose the letter of the term that best matches each phrase.
e
________ 1. the number of cycles in a given unit of time
a. midline
h
________ 2. the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle of a
b. tangent
right triangle to the length of the hypotenuse
c. periodic function
g
________ 3. half the difference between the maximum and minimum values of a
sine or cosine function. d. secant

e. frequency
c
________ 4. a function where the y-values repeat at regular intervals
f. cosecant
j
________ 5. the angle between a line parallel to the ground and the line of sight g. amplitude
to an object
h. cosine
i
________ 6. one complete pattern of a periodic function i. cycle

j. angle of elevation
a
________ 7. the line y = k about which a trigonometric function oscillates when
it is shifted vertically k units

b
________ 8. the ratio of the length of the side opposite an acute angle of a right
triangle to the length of the adjacent side

d
________ 9. the reciprocal of the cosine function

f
_______ 10. the reciprocal of the sine function

Define each term.

11. standard position

Sample answer: The position of an angle if its vertex is at the origin and its
initial side is on the positive x-axis is its standard position.

12. unit circle

Sample answer: A unit circle is a circle with center at the origin and radius 1.

Chapter 9 45 Glencoe Algebra 2