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Geometric Ideas

You need to know these terms, practice, practice, and practice!

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Pointan exact location or place
linea straight path of points that goes on forever in two directions
raypart of a line with one endpoint, extending forever in only one direction
line segmentpart of a line with two endpoints
midpointthe point halfway between two endpoints of a line segment
congruent lines segmentsline segments with the same length
planea flat surface that extends forever in all directions
intersecting linestwo lines that cross through the same point
parallel linesare in the same plane and will never intersect
perpendicular linesare intersecting lines that form right angles
skew linesline in different planes, never intersect and are not parallel
right anglessquare corners
vertex/verticesplace where two lines form an angle
angleformed by two rays that have the same endpoint
acute anglebetween 0 and 90 degrees
right angleexactly 90 degrees
obtuse anglebetween 90 and 180 degrees
straight angleexactly 180 degrees
protractorused to measure and draw angles
adjacent anglestwo angles with a common vertex and a common side


6th Grade Teacher
Bennington Grade School
Bennington, KS

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