Core 8 - Congruent and Similar Figures

Front

What does a translation do to a figure on the coordinate plane?

Back

Slides it

Front

What does the symbol '≅' mean?

Back

Congruent

Front

What does a dilation do to a figure on the coordinate plane?

Back

Enlarges/Shrinks it

Front

Is the picture being reflected over the y-axis or x-axis?

Back

y-axis

Front

Similar figures are the same shape and the same size. True or False?

Back

False

Front

What is the definition of congruent figures?

Back

Figures that have the same shape and size.

Front

What is the definition of similar figures?

Back

Figures that have the same shape but not necessarily the same size.

Front

What transformation is described as flipping a figure over a line?

Back

Reflection

Front

What transformation involves rotating a figure around a point?

Back

Rotation

Front

What is the scale factor in a dilation?

Back

The ratio of the lengths of corresponding sides of the original figure to the dilated figure.