Geometry Vocabulary

A(n) ____ is a figure before a transformation has taken place.

• pre-image

• image

• isometry

• mapping

The result of a transformation is called a(n) _____.

• pre-image

• image

• isometry

• mapping

A(n) ___ is a line that acts as a mirror so that corresponding points are the same distance from the mirror.

• line of reflection

• line of rotation

• line symmetry

• mapping

Two figures are ___ if they are the same size and have the same shape.

• similar

• congruent

• transformational

• isometrical

A(n) ___ is a transformation of a figure that creates a mirror image.

• rotation

• reflection

• translation

• mapping

A(n) ___ is a transformation that turns a figure about a fixed point through a given angle and given direction.

• rotation

• reflection

• translation

• mapping

A(n) ___ is a transformation that slides each point of a figure the same distance in the same direction.

• rotation

• reflection

• translation

• mapping

The ___ is the ratio of corresponding linear measures in two similar polygons or two similar solids.

• isometry

• scale factor

• congruent

• mapping

A(n) ___ is a non-rigid movement that preserves a figure's shape but not its size.

• translation

• rotation

• dilation

• isometry

What is another term for flip?

• turn

• jump

• reflection

• rotation