Intro to Geometry

The study of shapes and their spatial properties is called:

• Geometry

• Algebra

• Calculus

• Astronomy

An exact location in space is called:

• A point

• A line

• A plane

• A segmernt

Infinitely many points that extend forever in both directions is called:

• A line

• A line segment

• A ray

• A vertex

A line has both direction and location - and a line ____________________

• is always straight

• is usually straight

• can be straight or curved

• can form geometric figures like circles and ovals

What best describes Rooty Hill, NSW on a globe?

• Plane

• Point

• Line

• Segment

What best describes the surface of a movie screen?

• a plane

• a line segment

• a point

• an tetra-angular matrix

The set of all points expanding in three dimensions is referred to as _____________________

• space

• a point

• a plane

• a vector sum

A series of points that lie on the same line are called ___________________

• collinear

• coplanar

• cooperative

• co-angular

A set of points and/or lines within the same plane are referred to as ______________________

• coplanar

• co-angular

• collinear

• cooperative

A point or line where lines, planes, segments or rays cross is __________________________________

• an intersection

• a point

• a fixed location

• a plane