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geometery terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Point | A location in space - a dot on a piece of paper |
| Line | Connects two points and continues forever in both directions |
| Line Segment | Two endpoints connected by a set of points making a segment. |
| Perpendicular Lines | Line Segments that intersect (cross) at an angle of 90° |
| Parallel Lines | Line segements that never intersect.stay the same distance apart |
| Right Angle | An angle that measures 90° |
| Acute Angle | An angle that measures less than 90° |
| Obtuse Angle | An angle that measures more than 90° |
| Vertex | Point at which two line segments intersect (forming an angle) |
| Scalene Triangle | A triangle with all three sides with different lengths |
| Isosceles Triangle | A triangle with two equal length sides |
| Equilateral Triangle | A traingle with all three sides of equal length |
| Radius | Distance from center of a circle to the edge |
| Diameter | A line segment through a circle passing through the circle's center |
| Chord | A line segment joining two points on a curve. |
| Arc | Part of a curve- outside of the circle |
| Ray | Starts at an endpoint and continues in one direction forever |
| quadrilateral | 4 sided polygon |
| pentagon | 5 sided polygon |
| hexagon | 6 sided polygon |
| heptagon | 7 sided polygon |
| octagon | 8 sided polygon |
| nonogon | 9 sided polygon |
| decagon | 10 sided polygon |
| degrees in a triangle | 180 |
| degrees in a quadrilateral | 360 |
| degrees in a pentagon | 540 |
| degrees in a hexagon | 720 |
| degrees in a heptagon | 900 |
| degrees in a octagon | 1080 |
| two angles in a triangle are 39 and 29, what is the measure of the third angle? | 112 |