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Geometry Terms

Try to match these terms with their description.

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polygonclosed, plane figure with three or more sides
triangle3 sides, 3 angles totalling 180 degrees
scalene trianglea triangle with all sides different lengths
isosceles triangletriangle with two sides of equal length
equilateral triangletriangle with all sides of equal length
acute triangletriangle where each angle is acute
obtuse angletriangle with one angle is obtuse
right triangletriangle with one angle of 90 degrees
quadrilateralclosed figure with four sides and four angles totalling 360 degrees
parallelogramquadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides
rectangleparallelogram with 4 right angles
squarerectangle with four equal sides
trapezoidfour sides, one pair of parallel sides
pentagon5 sides, 5 angles
hexagon6 sides, 6 angles
heptagon7 sides, 7 angles
octagon8 sides, 8 angles
nonagon9 sides, 9 angles
decagon10, sides, 10 angles
adjacent anglestwo angles with a common vertex and a common side
complementary anglestwo angles totalling 90 degrees
supplementary anglestwo angles with a measure of 180 degrees
perpendicular linestwo lines that intersect to form a right angle
parallel linestwo lines on the same plane that do not intersect
verticle anglesangles formed by two intersecting lines, opposite angles are equal
transversala straight line that intersects 2 or more straight lines at different angles
polyhedronsgeometric figures which have faces shaped like polygons
prismshave two bases that are parallel and the same shape
pyramidshave one base with all triangular sides sharing the same vertex
circleplane geometric figure with all points the same distance from a given point called the center
diameterstaight line segment drawn through the center of the circle with two points on the circle as endpoints
radiusstraight line segment drawn from the center to one point on the circle


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