A | B |
Point | Exact Location |
Line | Straight Path that extends without end in opposite directions |
Plane | flat surface that extends without end in all directions |
Line Segment | 2 endpoints and all the points between the endpoints |
Ray | One endpoint with a ray extending without end in one direction |
Acute Angle | Angle measuring less than 90 degrees |
Right Angle | Angle measuring exactly 90 degrees |
Obtuse Angle | Angle measuring more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees |
Straight Angle | Angle measuring exactly 180 degrees |
Congruent | Same size and shape |
Vertical Angles | formed opposite of each other when 2 lines intersect...have the same measure |
Adjacent Angles | Side by side angles that have a common vertex and ray...add up to 180 degrees |
Complementary Angles | 2 angles with a sum of 90 degrees |
Supplementary Angles | 2 angles with a sum of 180 degrees |
Parallel Lines | lines in the same plane that never intersect |
Perpendicular Lines | Lines that intersect to form 90 degree angles, or right angles |
Skew Lines | Lines that lie in different planes and will never intersect |
Acute Triangle | Has 3 acute angles |
Obtuse Triangle | Has 1 obtuse angle |
Right Triangle | Has 1 right angle |
Scalene Triangle | Has no congruent sides |
Isosceles Triangle | Has 2 congruent sides |
Equilateral Triangle | Has 3 congruent sides |
Triangle | Polygon with 3 sides |
Quadrilateral | Polygon with 4 sides |
Pentagon | Polygon with 5 sides |
Hexagon | Polygon with 6 sides |
Octagon | Polygon with 8 sides |
Heptagon | Polygon with 7 sides |
Nonagon | Polygon with 9 sides |
Decagon | Polygon with 10 sides |
Dodecagon | Polygon with 12 sides |
Parallelogram | Quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel and congruent; opposite angles are congruent |
Rectangle | Quadrilateral with 4 right angles; opposite sides are parallel and congruent |
Rhombus | Quadrilateral with 4 congruent sides; opposite angles are congruent |
Square | Quadrilateral with 4 congruent sides; all angles are right angles |
Trapezoid | Quadrilateral with exactly 2 parallel sides; may have 2 right angles |
Polygon | closed figure formed by 3 or more straight line segments |
Regular Polygon | Polygon in which all sides and angles are congruent |
Transformation | Movement of a figure without changing its size or shape |
Translation | Movement of a figure along a straight line (slide) |
Rotation | Movement of a figure around a point (turn) |
Reflection | Movement of a figure by flipping it over a line to create a mirror image (flip) |