Key Terms Understanding Geometry

What are the points called that represent the ends of a line segment or ray?

• Midpoints

• Vertices

• Endpoints

• Intersections

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Lines that never meet or cross and stay the same distance apart

• perpendicular lines

• parallel lines

• intersecting lines

• transversal

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What kinds of lines never intersect?

• Line Segments

• Perpendicular Lines

• Parallel Lines

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2 lines that intersect to form 4 right angles are called?

• Skew

• Parallel

• Perpendicular

• none of the above

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A point on a line segment that divides it into two congruent segments.

• Vertex

• Transversal

• Midpoint

• Center Point

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What term describes the point where two or more lines meet?

• line segment

• midpoint

• intersection

• linear pair

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What do we call a specific location in space with no size or shape?

• a line

• a point

• a ray

• a plane

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What do we call a flat surface that extends without end and has no thickness?

• origin

• a point

• a plane

• a line

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AB and CD are examples of what...

• Line

• Ray

• Arc

• Line Segment

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What is a ray?

• Part of a line with two endpoints

• Part of a line with one endpoint and goes forever

• Part of a line with no endpoints

• Part of a line with 4 endpoints

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