A | B |
plane | a flat surface that goes on forever |
polygon | any geometric figure with 3 or more sides |
line | a set of points that goes on forever in both directions |
line segment | part of a line;with 2 endpoints |
ray | a set of points that has 1 endpoint and goes on forever in the opposite direction |
angle | 2 rays that meet at 1 point form this |
right angle | an angle that is EXACTLY 90 degrees |
acute angle | an angle that is LESS than 90 degrees |
obtuse angle | an angle that is MORE than 90 degrees |
arc | a curved line segment that runs along a circle's edge |
parallel lines | 2 or more lines, on the same plane, that will never meet |
perpendicular lines | 2 lines that meet or cross to form a 90 degree angle |
perimeter | the distance around a polygon |
circumference | the distance around a circle |
area | the number of "squares" inside a plane figure |
diameter | a line that goes completely across a circle,through the centerpoint |
radius | a line that goes 1/2 across a circle,from the centerpoint |
chord | a line that crosses through a circle, but not through the centerpoint |
parallelogram | 4-sided polygon with opposite sides that are parallel |
square | a parallelogram with 4 equal sides and four 90 degree angles |
rhombus | a parallelogram with 4 equal sides but NO 90 degree angles |
rectangle | a parallelogram with opposite sides equal, and four 90 degree angles |
trapezoid | a 4-sided polygon with only 2 parallel sides |
pentagon | a 5-sided polygon |
hexagon | a 6-sided polygon |
octagon | an 8-sided polygon |
protractor | an instrument used to measure angles |
compass | an instrument used to draw circles |
congruent | equal measurements |
circle | a closed curve where the edges are an equal distance from the centerpoint |
triangle | any 3-sided figure |
equilateral triangle | a triangle with 3 equal sides |
isosceles triangle | a triangle with 2 equal sides |
scalene triangle | a triangle with NO equal sides |
right triangle | a triangle with one 90 degree angle |
acute triangle | a triangle with 3 acute angles |
obtuse triangle | a triangle with 1 obtuse angle |