Geometry Dilation Vocabulary

A change in the size or position of a figure is called a(n) _____.

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.5

The original figure in a transformation is the (a)   .

• Preimage

• Image

• Transformation

• Dilation

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.2

A transformation that enlarges or reduces a figure is called (a)   .

• Dilation

• Center of Dilation

• Enlargment

• Reduction

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

An increase in the size of all dimensions in the same proportions is called a(n) _____.

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

The ratio used to enlarge or reduce similar figures.

• Scale Factor

• Scale Drawing

• Transformation

• Congruent

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

Figures with the same shape, but not necessarily the same size are _____.
Spelling Matters!!!

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CCSS.HSG.CO.B.6

CCSS.8.G.A.2

A transformation that results in an image that is the same shape, but not necessarily the same size, as the original figure is called (a)   .

• Similarity Transformation

• Congruence Transformation

• Transformation

• Dilation

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CCSS.8.G.A.4

CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2

A transformation that changes the size of a figure.

• Rotation

• Reflection

• Dilation

• Translation

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

What is the shape called before a transformation is performed?

• Dilation

• Figure

• Image

• Pre-Image

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.2

A dilation with a scale factor of 2 is a reduction. 

• True

• False

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CCSS.8.G.A.3