8th-5th 6 weeks Vocabulary

When two or more transformations are combined.

• Scale Factor

• Sequence

• Similar Figures

• Dilation

The horizontal axis on a coordinate plane.

• X-axis

• Y-axis

• Origin

• Coordinate Plane

When a preimage is flipped over a line resulting in a congruent mirrored image.

• Dilation

• Translation

• Rotation

• Reflection

When a preimage is turned about a fixed point without changing the size or shape.

• Rotation

• Translation

• Dilation

• Reflection

The ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures.

• Similar Figures

• Sequence

• Transformation

• Scale Factor

The movement of objects in a coordinate plane.

• Translation

• Tranformation

• Origin

• Rotation

When two polygons are the same shape but different sizes.

• Coordinate Plane

• Scale Factor

• Similar Figures

• Sequence

The vertical axis on a coordinate plane.

• X-axis

• Y-axis

• Coordinate Plane

• Origin

A transformation that produces an image that is the same shape as the original, but is a different size; stretches or shrinks the original figure.

• Translation

• Rotation

• Reflection

• Dilation

A two-dimensional plane formed by the intersection of a vertical line called a coordinate plane.

• Coordinate Plane

• Origin

• X-axis

• Y-axis