Module 7 Area Vocabulary Quiz

Any side of a parallelogram or either of the two parallel sides of a trapezoid

• base

• parallelogram

• height

• composite figure

A two- or three-dimensional figure that can be decomposed into two smaller figures

• height

• rhombus

• regular polygon

• composite figure

The perpendicular distance between the base and its opposite side

• parallelogram

• height

• scale drawing

• regular polygon

A quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel and opposite sides congruent

• regular polygon

• parallelogram

• polygon

• rhombus

A simple closed figure formed by three or more straight line segments

• polygon

• rhombus

• scale drawing

• scale factor

A polygon that has all sides congruent and all angles congruent

• scale drawing

• regular polygon

• rhombus

• trapezoid

A parallelogram having 4 congruent sides

• scale

• scale drawing

• rhombus

• scale factor

The scale that gives the ratio that compares the measurements of a drawing or model to the measurements of the real object

• rhombus

• scale

• trapezoid

• height

A drawing that is used to represent objects that are too large or too small to be drawn at actual size

• scale drawing

• height

• regular polygon

• rhombus

A scale written as a ratio without units in simplest form

• base

• height

• scale factor

• polygon