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math ch. 7 voc
ph math ch 7 vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| point | tells a location |
| line | series of points that have no end |
| segment | part of a line but it has two endpoints |
| intersecting lines | lines that cross at one point |
| parallel lines | lines that never cross |
| angle | formed by two rays or line segments |
| vertex | point where two line segments or rays meet |
| acute angle | an angle between 0 and 90 |
| right angle | an angle that is exactly 90 |
| obtuse angle | an angle that is between 90 and 180 |
| straight angle | an angle that is exactly 180a line |
| complementary angle | two angle measurements that when added equal 90 |
| supplementary angle | two angle measurements that when added equal 180 |
| adjacent angles | side by sideshare a vertex and a side |
| vertical angles | angles across from each othershare a vertex but no sidescongruent |
| congruent angles | two angles exactly the same measurement |
| midpoint | point that divides a line segment into two equal parts |
| perpendicular lines | two lines that form right angles |
| arc | part of circle |
| angle bisector | a line that divides an angle into two congruent or equal angles |
| congruent | ~= |
| congruent sides | sides that are the same length |
| triangle | 3 sided closed polygon |
| scalene triangle | a triangle with no congruent sides |
| isosceles triangle | a triangle with at least 2 congruent sides |
| equilateral triangle | a triangle with all sides congruent |
| sum of angles in triangle | 180 |
| right triangle | a triangle with one right angle |
| acute triangle | a triangle with 3 acute angles |
| obtuse triangle | a triangle with one obtuse angle and two acute angles |
| polygon | closed plane figure with sides formed by line segments |
| quadrilateral | a polygon with four sides |
| pentagon | a polygon with five sides |
| hexagon | a polygon with six sides |
| heptagon | a polygon with seven sides |
| octagon | a polygon with eight sides |
| nonagon | a polygon with nine sides |
| decagon | a polygon with ten sides |
| regular polygon | a polygon with all sides congruent and all angles congruent |
| irregular polygon | a polygon with no sides or angles congruent |
| trapezoid | a quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides |
| isosceles trapezoid | a trapezoid with congruent non-parallel sides |
| parallelogram | a quadrilateral with both pairs of opposite sides parallel and congruent |
| rectangle | parallelogram with four right angles |
| square | a parallelogram with four right angles and four congruent sides |
| rhombus | a parallelogram with four congruent sides and no right angles |
| circle | a set of points that are the same distance from the center |
| radius | segment from the center to a point on the circle |
| diameter | segment from one point on circle through the center to another point on the circle |
| chord | segment from one point on circle to another point on circle. Does not go through the circle. |
| central angle | an angle in the circle where the vertex is the center of the circle |
| semi-circle | half of the circumference of a circle |
| circle graph | a graph of data where a circle represents the whole (100%) |