8th grade - geometry vocabulary

when two figures are the same size and same shape

• congruent

• similar

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CCSS.8.G.A.2

a transformation that enlarges or reduces a figure

• translation

• reflection

• rotation

• dilation

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

a shape or figure after a transformation; the new figure

• image

• pre-image

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.2

the direction in which a figure is placed on a coordinate plane

• orientation of the figure

• corresponding

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CCSS.5.G.A.1

a shape or figure before a transformation; the original figure

• image

• pre-image

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.2

has a 'prime' mark

• image

• pre-image

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.2

a transformation that produces a mirror image of the original figure over a line of reflection

• translation

• reflection

• rotation

• dilation

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.5

a transformation that turns a figure around a center of rotation

• translation

• reflection

• rotation

• dilation

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.5

the ratio of corresponding sides in similar figures; the multiplier used to create a dilation

• vertices

• scale factor

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

when two figures are the same shape and have proportional sides and congruent angles

• congruent

• similar

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CCSS.8.G.A.2

CCSS.HSG.CO.B.6