Basic Geometry Vocabulary

The point where two rays, lines, or line segments meet to form an angle.

• face

• edge

• side

• vertex

Meeting to form right angles.

• Parallel

• Base

• Edge

• Perpendicular

4 is the _______ of the parallelogram

• base

• length

• height

• width

The amount of space inside a closed two-dimensional figure. It is measured in square units.

• Volume

• Area

• Length

• Feet

A straight path with no beginning or end is a...

• ray

• line

• plane

• angle

To find the area of a composite figure you can break the figure into parts. We refer to this as ______.

• Composing

• Decomposing

A Parallelogram is a quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel and equal in length. Which figure below is a Parallelogram?

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A _________ is a two-dimensional closed figure made with three or more straight line segments that meet only at their endpoints.

• polygon

• product

• base

• trapezoid

A quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel and equal in length

• triangle

• circle

• paralellolgram

• octagon

The formula for finding the area of parllelogram

• bh

• bh + 2

• bh/2

• h(b1 +b2)/2