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geometry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angle | Two rays that have the same endpoint. |
| vertex | The common endpoint of the two rays in an angle. |
| protractor | An instrument used to and draw angles. |
| acute angle | An angle whose measure is between 0º and 90º. |
| right angle | An angle whose measure is 90º. |
| obtuse angle | An angle whose measure is between 90º and 180º. |
| straight angle | An angle measuring 180º. |
| line | A straight path of points that goes on forever in two directions. |
| ray | Part of a line that has one endpoint and extends forever in one direction. |
| parallel lines | In a plane, lines that never cross and stay the same distance apart. |
| intersecting lines | Lines that pass through the same point. |
| perpendicular lines | .Two lines that intersect to form square corners or right angles |
| point | An exact location in space. |
| line segment | Part of a line having two endpoints. |
| degrees (º) | A unit of measure for angles and temperature. |
| polygon | A closed plane figure made op of line segments. |
| regular polygon | A polygon that has sides of equal length and angles of equal measures. |
| triangle | A polygon with 3 sides. |
| quadrilateral | A polygon with 4 sides. |
| pentagon | A polygon with 5 sides. |
| hexagon | A polygon with 6 sides. |
| octagon | A polygon with 8 sides. |
| equilateral triangle | A triangle whose sides all have the same length. |
| isosceles triangle | A triangle with two sides of the same length. |
| scalene triangle | A triangle in which no sides have the same length. |
| right triangle | A triangle in which one angle is a right angle. |
| acute triangle | A triangle whose angles are all acute angles. |
| parallelogram | A quadrilateral with both pairs of opposite sides parallel. |
| trapezoid | A quadrilateral that has exactly one pair of parallel sides. |
| rectangle | A parallelogram with four right angles. |
| rhombus | A parallelogram with all sides of the same length. |
| square | A rectangle with all sides the same length. |
| generalization | A general statement. Example: A generalization about rectangles applies to all rectangles. |