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Units 9 & 10 Vocab
Vocab Practice
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| point | an exact location in a space |
| line | a straight path continuing in both directions with NO endpoints |
| line segment | a part of a line with TWO endpoints |
| ray | a part of a line continuing in one direction with ONE endpoint |
| right angle | an angle measuring EXACTLY 90 degrees |
| acute angle | an angle measuring LESS THAN 90 degrees |
| obtuse angle | an angle measuring MORE THAN 90 degrees but LESS THAN 180 degrees |
| straight angle | an angle measuring EXACTLY 180 degrees |
| parallel lines | lines that will NEVER cross or intersect |
| intersecting lines | lines that cross at ANY angle |
| perpendicular lines | lines that cross and form a right angle (90 degrees) |
| triangle | a polygon with three sides and three angles |
| quadrilateral | a polygon with four sides and four angles |
| parallelogram | a quadrilateral with TWO pairs of parallel sides |
| trapezoid | a quadrilateral with ONE pair of parallel sides |
| acute triangle | a triangle with THREE acute (less than 90 degrees) angles |
| obtuse triangle | a triangle with ONE obtuse (between 90 & 180 degrees) angle |
| right triangle | a triangle with ONE right (90 degrees) angle |
| square | a parallelogram with four equal sides and four right angles |
| rectangle | a parallelogram with four right angles and opposite sides of the same length |
| rhombus | a parallelogram with four equal sides and two acute (less than 90 degrees) and two obtuse (between 90 & 180 degrees) angles |