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Geo Chapter 4&6 Voc
Geometry
Question | Answer |
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A triangle with no congruent sides | Scalene Triangle |
A triangle with at least two congruent sides | Isosceles Triangle |
A triangle with three congruent sides | Equilateral Triangle |
A triangle with three acute angles | Acute Triangle |
A triangle with one right angle | Right Triangle |
A triangle with one obtuse angle | Obtuse Triangle |
A triangle with three congruent angles | Equilateral Triangle |
The original, inside angles formed by a polygon | Interior Angles |
The angles that form linear pairs with the interior angles | Exterior Angles |
Adding a line, segment, or ray to a given diagram in order to complete a proof | Auxiliary Lines |
A statement that can be easily proven using the theorem | Corollary to a Theorem |
Two geometric figures that have exactly the same size and shape | Congruent Figures |
A pair of sides or angles that have the same relative position in two congruent or similar figures. | Corresponding Parts |
The sides adjacent to the right angle | Leg of a Right Triangle |
The side opposite the right angle | Hypotenuse |
Uses arrows to show the flow of a logical argument | Flow Proof |
Two congruent sides of an isosceles triangle | Legs |
The angle formed by the two legs of an isosceles triangle | Vertex Angle |
The third side of an isosceles triangle | Base |
The two angles adjacent to the base side | Base Angles |
An operation that moves or changes a geometric figure in some way to produce a new figure | Transformation |
The new figure by a transformation | Image |
A transformation that moves every point of a figure the same distance in the same direction | Translation |
A transformation that uses a line of reflection to create a mirror image of the original figure | Reflection |
A transformation that turns a figure about a fixed point | Rotation |
Changes the position of the figure without changing its size or shape | Congruence Transformation |
he line used to reflect an object | Line of Reflection |
The point that a figure is turned around when completing a rotation | Center of Rotation |
Rays drawn from the center of rotation to a point and its image | Angle of Rotation |
A comparison of two numbers using division | Ratio |
An equation that states two ratios are equal | Proportion |
The middle terms of a proportion | Means |
The first and last term of a proportion | Extremes |
A drawing that is the same shape as the object it represents | Scale Drawing |
A ratio that describes how the dimensions in a scale drawing are related to the actual dimensions of the object | Scale |
Two polygons such that their corresponding angles are congruent and the lengths of corresponding sides are proportional | Similar Polygons |
The ratio of the lengths of two corresponding sides of two similar polygons | Scale Factor |
A transformation that stretches or shrinks a figure to create a similar figure | Dilation |
The fixed point about which the figure is enlarged or reduced | Center of Dilation |
The ratio of a side length of the image to the corresponding side lengths of the original figure | Scale Factor of a Dilation |
A dilation with a scale factor between zero and one | Reduction |
A dilation with a scale factor greater than one | Enlargement |