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7th Grade Geometry Terms

Match the geometric terms to their correct definitions.

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angletwo rays with a common endpoint
acute angleangle measuring less than 90 degrees
obtuse angleangle measuring more than 90 degrees
right angleangle measuring 90 degrees
straight angleangle that measures 180 degrees
adjacent anglesshare a vertex and one side
complementary anglesthe sum of the measures of two angles is 90 degrees
supplementary anglesthe sum of the measures of two angles is 180 degrees
scalene triangleno congruent sides
isosceles triangleat least two congruent sides
equilateral trianglethree congruent sides
right triangleone right angle
acute trianglethree acute angles
obtuse triangleone obtuse angle
parallel lineslie in the same plane but do not intersect
trapezoidexactly one pair of parallel sides
parallelogramboth pairs of opposite sides parallel
rectanglea parallelogram with 4 right angles
rhombusparallelogram with 4 congruent sides
squareparallelogram with 4 right angles & 4 congruent sides
regular polygonall sides congruent and all sides congruent
circleset of points in a plane that are all the same distance from the center
radiussegment that has one endpoint at the center and the other endpoint on the circle
diametersegment that passes through the center of a circle with both endpoints on the circle
central anglean angle with its vertex at the center of a circle
chordsegment that has both endpoints on the circle
arcpart of a circle
semicirclehalf a circle
compassgeometric tool used to draw circles and arcs
inscribed polygonpolygon whose sides are chords of a circle
perpendicular lineslines that intersect to form right angles
perpendicular bisectora line that is perpendicular to a segment at its midpoint
segment bisectoraline that goes through the midpoint of the segment


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