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GEOMETRY TERMS

Match each word with its best definition.

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right angleA 90º angle.
vertexA point common to two sides of an angle, polygon, or solid figure.
pentagonA five sided geometric figure.
squareA rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
intersecting linesLines that cross each other.
perpendicular linesTwo lines that cross each other to form a 90º angle.
acute angleAn angle less than 90º.
chordThe line segment between two points on a given curve.
radiusA straight line extending from the center of a circle to the surface.
line segmentA part of a line that has two endpoints.
lineA straight, continuous and unending set of points on a plane.
pointAn exact location in space represented by a dot.
rectangleA quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel.
circleA closed figure in which every point is the same distance from a given point called the center of the circle.
hexagonA six sided geometric figure.
obtuse angleAn angle greater than 90º.
rayPart of a line that starts at one endpoint and goes on without end in one direction.
verticle anglesOpposite angles formed by intersecting lines. They are always congruent.
supplementary anglesTwo adjacent angles for which the sum equals 180º.
complementary anglesTwo adjacent angles for which the sum equals 90º.
parallel linesLines that lie in the same plane and do not intersect.
planeA flat surface made up of a continuous and unending collection of points.
adjacent anglesAngles next to each other that share a common side and a common vertex.


Alicia Cortez Elementary
Chino, CA

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