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Geometry Vocabulary
Fill in the blanks.
1. A _________ is the set of all points on a line that start at a point and
extend infinitely in one direction. Notation: _______________
2. A _________________ is the set of all points that lie between two
distinct points on a line. Notation: ______________
3. An ______________ is formed when two rays share an endpoint.
Notation: ________________
4. Two objects are congruent if they have the same ________ and
_________.
5. To bisect something means to divide it into ______ _____________
parts.
6. The point that bisects a line segment is called the _______________.
7. If the measure of an angle is between 0 and 90 degrees, then it is
____________.
8. If the measure of an angle is exactly ____________, then it is right.
9. Obtuse angles measure between _____ and ________ degrees.
10. A _____________ angle measures exactly 180 degrees.
11. ________________ angles are on opposite sides of the point of
intersection of two lines.
12. Two angles that share a vertex and one side are called
______________ angles.
13. ___________________ lines will form four right angles. A
_____________ creates four right angles and divides a line segment into
two equal parts.
14. If the sum of the measures of two angles is 180 degrees, then they are
called _________________.
15. Two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is
____________.
16. What is a transversal line?
_________________________________________________________
17.
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5
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4
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1
3
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List the interior angles. ______, _______, _______, _______
List the exterior angles. _______, _______, _______, _______
Give
Give
Give
Give
a pair
a pair
a pair
a pair
of same side angles. _______ and _______
of alternate angles. _______ and _______
of corresponding angles. ________ and _________
of alternate interior angles. _______ and ________
18. If all the angles in a triangle are smaller than 90 degrees, then the
triangle is called ______________.
19. A right triangle has one __________ angle.
20. An ___________ triangle has one angle between 90 and 180 degrees.
21. The two shorter sides of a right triangle are called _________.
22. The longest side of a right triangle is called the _____________. It is
always opposite of the _________ angle.
23. If all the lengths of the sides of a triangle are different, then the
triangle is _______________.
24. If all the lengths of the sides of a triangle are the same, then the
triangle is _________________.
25. If at least two sides of a triangle are congruent, then the triangle is
________________.
26. What is the Pythagorean Theorem? What kind of triangles does it apply
to?
27. With regards to a right triangle, the numbers 3, 4, and 5, form a
_______________ ___________.
28. Congruent triangles can be checked for congruence by ________,
_________, or ________.
29. Similar triangles can be checked for similarity by ________, or
_________.
30. A _________ _________ is a single number that gives the relationship
between sides of two similar triangles.
31. Any polygon with four sides is called a ____________________.
32. Any quadrilateral with two pairs of opposite parallel sides is called a
_________________.
33. Any quadrilateral with at least one pair of opposite parallel sides is
called a _____________________.
34. A parallelogram with right angles is called a __________________.
35. A parallelogram with all four sides the same length is called a
________________.
36. A kite has two pairs of _______________ congruent sides.
37. A quadrilateral that is both a rhombus and a rectangle is called a
___________.
38. A line segment that connects two vertices of a polygon, but does not
make up a side, is called a _________________.
39. Explain what a polygon is in your own words.
40. Fill in the following chart.
Number of Sides Name of Polygon
3
quadrilateral
pentagon
6
7
octagon
9
10
n-gon
41. A regular polygon has ______________ sides and congruent
___________.
42. If all the diagonals of a polygon lie in the interior, then the polygon is
____________. Otherwise it is ______________.
43. Linear units measure __________________. Square units are used to
measure ______________.
44. Define perimeter and area in your own words.
45. Label all the parts of the following circle. (everything you can think of).
46. The distance around the circle is the _________________. The
number that represents the ratio of this distance to the diameter is
________.