Transformation Vocabulary

Translations, rotations, and reflections are three different types of what?

• Transformations

• Geometry

• Vectors

• Shapes

A turn is also called a ___________.

• Translation

• Reflection

• Rotation

• Transformation

A slide is also called a _________.

• Translation

• Reflection

• Rotation

• Transformation

A flip is also called a _________.

• Translation

• Reflection

• Rotation

• Transformation

Congruent means...

• The same angles.

• The same size and same shape.

• Equal to.

• The same transformation.

The original figure prior to a transformation.

• Pre-image

• Image

The result of a transformation.

• Pre-image

• Image

After a figure has been transformed, we call the new figure the...

• Image

• Different shape

• Figure that moved

• Prime

What does a translation do to an image?

• Turns it 90* clockwise
• Mirrors it
• Shrinks it
• Slides it

A type of transformation where a figure is “flipped” over a line of symmetry. A reflection produces a mirror image of a figure.

• rotation
• translation
• dilation
• reflection