Vocabulary Quiz -Basic Terms of Geometry

Points that do not lie on the same line.

• noncollinear
• coplanar
• collinear
• noncoplanar

A straight path that has no thickness and continues forever in both directions

• ray
• segment
• angle
• line
• midpoint

Points that lie on the same line.

• noncollinear
• coplanar
• collinear
• noncoplanar

terms whose meanings are accepted without formal definition.

• postulate
• theorem
• undefined
• defined

______ states that very point on a line can be paired with a unique real number. This number is called the coordinate of the point.

• Segment Addition Postulate
• Vertical Angles Theorem
• Ruler Postulate
• Postulate 1-1

has no size; length, width, or height. It is represented by a dot and named by a capital letter.

• space
• point
• line
• plane

A portion of a line that has two specific endpoints

• ray
• angle
• linrsegment
• line

A flat surface that has no thickness and extends forever in all directions

• space
• line
• ray
• plane

If points A, B, and C are collinear and B lies between A and C, then AC = AB + BC

• Segment Addition Postulate
• Vertical Angles Theorem
• Ruler Postulate
• Postulate 1-1

Points that lie on the same plane

• noncollinear
• coplanar
• collinear
• noncoplanar