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Final Exam Geo Vocab
Vocab for final exam
Question | Answer |
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Lines that do not intersect and do not lie in the same plane | SKEW |
An angle whose measure is between 90 and 180. | OBTUSE ANGLE |
An angle whose measure is exactly 90 degrees. | RIGHT ANGLE |
An angle whose measure is between 0 and 90 degrees. | ACUTE ANGLE |
A transformation where the image and preimage are congruent. | ISOMETRY |
Lines that intersect at right angles. | PERPENDICULAR LINES |
Points that lie on the same line. | Collinear Points |
Points that lie in the same plane. | Coplanar Points |
A segment, line or ray that bisects another segment at right angles to its' midpoint | Perpendicular bisector |
A section of a line consisting of endpoints and each end and all points in between. | Segment |
A line consisting of one endpoint and all the points of the line on one side of the endpoint. | Ray |
The point which lies at the middle of the line. | Midpoint |
If 1/3 TR = UW, then TR = 3 UW | Multiplication property |
If 2(x + 5), then 2x + 10 | Distribution property |
If 2x - 5 = 10, then 2x = 15. | Addition property |
If 5x + 6 = 21, then 5x = 15. | Subtraction property |
If 12x = 84, then x = 7 | Division property |
Any shape whose angles are congruent | Equiangular polygon |
Any shape whose angles are congruent and whose sides have the same lengths. | Regular polygon |
Any shape with congruent sides. | Equilateral |
2 coplanar angles that have a common side and common vertex but no common interior points. | Adjacent angles |
A line that intersects 2 coplanar lines in 2 points. | transversal |
A ray that divides an angle into 2 congruent angles. | Angle bisector |
A series of points that extend in 2 directions from a midpoint. | A line |
A parallelogram with 4 congruent sides. | Rhombus |
A parallelogram with 4 congruent sides and 4 right angles. | Square |
A parallelogram with 4 right angles. | Rectangle |
A quadrilateral with congruent adjacent sides and no opposite sides congruent | Kite |
A quadrilateral with 2 pairs of opposite parallel sides. | Parallelogram |
Lines in the same plane that do not intersect. | Parallel Lines |
A segment that connects the midpoints of opposite sides of a triangle or trapezoid. | Midsegment |
2 angles whose sum is 90. | Complementary angles |
2 angles whose sum is 180. | Supplementary angles |
If you live in Cheyenne, then you live in Wyoming. If you live in Wyoming, then you live in Cheyenne. | Converse |
If a figure is a square, then it is a parallelogram. If a figure is not a square, then it is not a parallelogram. | Inverse |
If a figure is a triangle, then it is a polygon. If a figure is not a polygon, then it is not a triangle. | Contrapositive |
The combination of a conditional statement and its converse. | Biconditional |
A particular example or instance of a statement that makes the statement false. | Counterexample |
2 angles whose sides form two pairs of opposite rays | Vertical angles |
A triangle with no sides congruent | Scalene triangle |
A segment that has as its endpoints a vertex of the triangle and the midpoint of the opposite side. | Median |
The perpendicular segment from a vertex to the line containing the side opposite the vertex. | Altitude |
A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides. | Trapezoid |