Unit 1: Basics of Geometry Vocabulary

What is an Adjacent Angle?

• Two angles that share a common vertex and side, but have no common interior points

• Points that lie in the same plane

• The absolute value of the difference of two coordinates on a line

• Points that lie on the same line

Tags

CCSS.7.G.B.5

What are Collinear Points?

• Points that lie in the same plane

• The region that contains all the points between the sides of an angle

• A flat surface made up of points that has two dimensions and extends without end, and is represented by a shape that looks like a floor or a wall

• Points that lie on the same line

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

What are Complementary Angles?

• Two adjacent angles whose non common sides are opposite rays

• A geometric drawing that ues a limited set of tools, usually a compass and a straightedge

• Two angles whose measures have a sum of 90

• Two angles whose measures have a sum of 180

Tags

CCSS.7.G.B.5

What is another name for a Linear Pair?

• Acute Angle

• Straight Angle

• Obtuse Angle

• Right Angle

Tags

CCSS.7.G.B.5

What is a Ray?

• consists of the endpoint and all points on that lie on the same side

• Intersects the segment at its midpoint

• A location in space that is represented by a dot and has no dimension

• An angle that equals 90

Tags

CCSS.4.G.A.1

What is a midpoint?

• Two angles that have the same measure

• The common endpoint of the two rays that form an angle

• A geometric drawing that uses a limited set of tools, usually a compass and a straightedge

• The region that contains all the points between the sides of an angle

Tags

CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.6

What is a plane?

• A flat surface made up of points that has two dimensions and extends without end, and is represented by a shape that looks like a floor or a wall

• Two adjacent angles whose noncommon sides are opposite rays

• The region that contains all the points outside of an angle

• A point, ray, line, line segment, or plane that intersects the segment at its midpoint

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

What are Vertical Angles?

• Consists of two endpoints and all the points between them

• The point that divides a segment into two congruent segments

• A location in space that is represented by a dot and has no dimension

• Two angles whose sides form two pairs of opposite rays

Which is true about Bisectors?

• A ray that divides an angle into two angles that are congruent

• A point, ray, line, line segment, or plane that intersects the segment at its midpoint

• Two adjacent angles whose noncommon sides are opposite rays

• Two angles whose sides form two pairs of opposite rays

What is the meaning of the word Geometry?

• Geo means EARTH

• Metry means PROCESS AND MEASUREMENT

• Geo means WATER

• Metry means HYPOTHESIS