Triangle Vocab Practice

Match the word to the definition. A pair of sides or angles that have the same relative position in two congruent figures.

• Corresponding Parts

• Adjacent sides or angles
• Parallel sides or angles
• Identical sides or angles

Match the word to the definition. The side opposite the right angle of a right triangle.

• angle
• hypotenuse
• leg
• base

What kind of triangle is this describing?

"one angle of the triangle is 90 degrees"

• Acute triangle
• Obtuse triangle
• Equilateral triangle
• Right triangle

What kind of triangle is this describing?

"2 sides congruent and 2 angles congruent"

• Isosceles triangle
• Equilateral triangle
• Scalene triangle
• Right triangle

What kind of triangle is this describing?

"all 3 angles are congruent"

• Isosceles triangle
• Scalene triangle
• Right triangle
• Equiangular triangle

What kind of triangle is this describing?

"one obtuse angle"

• Equilateral triangle
• Isosceles triangle
• Obtuse triangle
• Scalene triangle

What kind of triangle is this describing?

"all 3 angles are acute (less than 90)"

• Scalene triangle
• Acute triangle
• Right triangle
• Obtuse triangle

What kind of triangle is this describing?

"no sides are congruent"

• Right triangle
• Equilateral triangle
• Isosceles triangle
• Scalene triangle

What kind of triangle is this describing?

"all 3 sides are congruent"

• Isosceles triangle
• Right triangle
• Scalene triangle
• Equilateral triangle

What kind of triangle is this?

• Equilateral triangle
• Obtuse triangle
• Acute triangle
• Right triangle