Unit 1 Vocabulary Quiz 1

a 2D figure composed of a sequence of straight line segments

• vertex
• quadrilateral
• polygon
• side

a four-sided polygon

• area
• triangle
• perpendicular
• quadrilateral

a quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel

• vertex
• parallelogram
• area
• triangle

forming a right angle (90 degrees) with each other

• vertex
• perpendicular
• polygon
• parallel

a line segment in a polygon (it is also called an edge).

• side
• vertex
• parrallel
• perpendicular

the point where two sides meet

• perpendicular
• base
• height
• vertex

the number of unit squares that cover a two dimensional region without gaps or overlaps

• base
• height
• area
• polygon

base times height

• Formula for the area of a parallelogram
• Formula for the area of a triangle

• Formula for the area of a parallelogram
• Formula for the area of a triangle

to put together

• area
• compose
• decompose
• height