Chapter 8 Vocab Quiz

Two polygons that are the same shape but different sizes are...

• Congruent

• Similar

• Regular

• Equilateral

A comparison of 2 quantities is called a(n)...

• Ratio

• Proportion

• Equation

When two ratios equal one another it is called a(n):

• Ratio

• Proportion

• Similarity

The ratio of lengths of corresponding sides in similar polygons is called...

• The scale factor

• A proportion

• A transformation

If 2 polygons are similar they must be congruent.

• True

• False

If 2 polygons are congruent they must be similar.

• True
• False

If the scale factor is greater than one, then the similarity transformation is a(n)...

• Reduction

• Enlargement

• Corresponding Part

• Slope

If the scale factor is less than one, then the similarity transformation is a(n)...

• Enlargement

• Reduction

• Corresponding Part

• Slope

After a similarity transformation, the side or angle of a shape that is comparable to the original is called a(n)...

• Corresponding Part

• Similar figure

• Enlargement

• Reduction

When you make a polygon larger or smaller by a scale factor, this is called a...

• Similarity Transformation

• Congruent Polygon

• Ratio