Butterflies, Pinwheels, & Wallpaper Vocab

Front

Transformation

Back

Changing an object, including a slide, flip, or turn

Front

Reflection

Back

Mirror image of a figure

Front

Rotation

Back

A turn around a point

Front

Translation

Back

Moving a figure without changing the way it faces

Front

Image

Back

The figure that is formed AFTER a transformation. We can tell it is the image by using PRIME symbols

Front

Pre-image

Back

The ORIGINAL Figure

Front

Vertices

Back

The corner or point of a shape

Front

Congruent Figures

Back

Two figures that are the same shape and size

Front

Corresponding

Back

Two sides of an angle that are in the same spot in the shape

Front

Clockwise

Back

in the same direction as the way in which the hands of a clock move around. RIGHT