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The vertical line is known as the y axis. It is nothing more than a measuring stick to count how far up or down a point is from the horizontal line. The horizontal line, then, is known as the x axis and measures the distance left or right from the vertical line.
1 Step 1: The coordinate plane is formed by the intersection of two number lines, a horizontal number line and a vertical number line. The horizontal number line is called the x-axis.  Step 2: Graph 2 has the point P on the horizontal line i.e., on the x-axis.