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Geometry and Measurement Vocabulary (Gr.6)

The geometric terms from the WESD District Curriculum for Strand 4 in Geometry and Measurement with their definitions. Use to make flash cards, play concentration, matching, and word searches.

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adjacent"side by side"
angles"two rays with a common endpoint"
chord"segment joining any two points on a circle"
circle"set of points equidistant from a center point"
circumference"perimeter of a circle"
complementary"two angles which together measure 90°"
cone"3-dimensional figure created by rotating a right triange about on one of its legs"
congruent"same size and same shape"
coordinate"ordered pair of real numbers"
cylinder"3-dimnesional figure made of 2 congruent parallel circles joined by a curved surface"
degree"unit of measure for angles"
graph"pictorial representation of data"
ordered pairs"a pair of numbers locating a point in a plane"
parallel"lines in the same plane which never intersect"
parallelogram"quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel and congruent"
perimeter"The distance around a shape or figure"
perpendicular"intersecting at right angles"
plane"a flat surface extending indefinitely"
plotting"drawing points (orderede pairs) on a graphing surface"
polygon"closed 2-dimensional figure made of segments"
prism"3-dimensional figure created by 2 congruent and parallel faces that are polygons. Remaining faces are parallelograms."
proportional"having equivalent ratios"
protractor"tool for measuring angles"
pyramid"3-dimensional figure whose base is a polygon and the other faces are triangles"
quadrant"one of the four sections of a coordinate plane"
quadrilateral"a polygon with 4 sides"
radius"segment which goes from the center of a circle to the outside"
rectangle"a quadrilateral with 2 pairs of congruent parallel sides and 4 right angles"
rhombus"a parallelogram with 4 congruent sides"
segment"a line between two endpoints"
sides"segments which can make a polygon"
sphere"3-dimensional figure in space made up of all points equidistant from a center point"
supplementary"two angles which together measure 180°"
symmetry"a correspondence in size and shape"
tesselation"A covering of a plane with ovelaps or gaps using congruent figures"
thermometer"tool for measuring temperature"
three-dimensional"an object which can be measured in three directions"
time zone"Man-made lines dividing the earth into 24 sections"
transformation"operation that creates an image from a pre-image"
triangle"a polygon with 3 sides"
two-dimensional"An object which can be measured in two directions"
vertex"the point at which 2 rays or segments meet"


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