Identify Median, Altitude, Angle Bisector, Perpendicular Bisector and Midsegment

The figure is an example of a(n) ...

• altitude 

• perpendicular bisector

• midsegment

• angle bisector

What is the only special triangle segment that does not have to go through a vertex?

• Median

• Altitude

• Angle Bisector

• Perpendicular Bisector

A ray that divides an angle into two congruent angles.

• Segment Bisector

• Midpoint

• Angle Bisector

• Sunshine

What is true about a perpendicular bisector?

• Cuts the side of a triangle into 2 congruent parts.

• It is perpendicular to the side of a triangle.

• It passes through the midpoint of the side of the triangle.

• All of the above

Which of the following describes an altitude of a triangle?

• A segment that passes through the middle of the triangle.

• A segment with endpoints at the vertex and midpoint of the opposite side.

• A segment that connects two midpoints of two sides.

• A segment that connects the vertex and the opposite side at 90 degrees. 

What does an angle bisector do?

• Makes two 90 degree angles

• splits a 90 degree angle in half

• splits an angle in half

• splits 2 sides in half

What type of special segment is shown?

• Angle Bisector

• Altitude

• Median

• Perpendicular Bisector

The dashed line in the figure is an example of a(n) ...

• angle bisector

• perpendicular bisector

• median

• midsegment

The dashed line in the figure is an example of a(n) ...

• altitude

• perpendicular bisector

• midsegment

• angle bisector

The INCENTER is the intersection of which special segments?

• Angle Bisectors

• Perpendicular Bisectors

• Medians

• Altitudes