Conic Section Crossword Puzzle

2. distant from the focus to vertex and vertex to directrix
4. when a circle and a line meet at a certain point
5. is the set of all points in the plane equidistant from a fixed point
9. two point lying on the minor axis of the ellipse equidistant from the center
11. one of the important steps to transform a general form of a circle to its standard form
12. the axis where the vertices of the ellipse lie
13. is the set of all points in the plane which are equidistant from a fixed-point F and a fixed line ℓ
15. a line that goes through the vertex of the parabola, creating a mirror-like reflection of either side of the parabola

1. also called coordinate geometry where algebraic variables are used to solve problems about geometry
3. it may be the highest or lowest point of a parabola
6. set of numbers that describe the position in a cartesian plane
7. the line which touches the curve of the hyperbola at infinity
8. line perpendicular to the axis of symmetry of a parabola and it does not touch the parabola
10. the relation between the total distance from any point of an ellipse to its foci and the distance between vertex 1 to vertex 2
14. a two-dimensional figure created by the intersection of a plane and a right circular cone