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Final Exam Geo Vocab
Vocab for final exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |