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Geometry Vocab Cards
4th Grade vocab cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Concave Polygon | 1 or more angle(s) point inward (caves in). |
| Polygons | A closed figure made of line segments that do not overlap. |
| Point | Location in space. |
| Line | Points connected in a straight path that goes on forever in both directions. |
| Congruent | Same or equal measure. |
| Regular Polygon | Has all congruent sides and angles. |
| Convex Polygon | All angles point outward. |
| Line Segment | Part of a line with two endpoints. |
| Acute Angle | Less than 90 degrees. |
| Octagon | Eight sided polygon. |
| Triangle | Three sided polygon. |
| Parallel Lines | Lines that never intersect. |
| Quadrangle | Four sided polygon. |
| Vertex | The shared endpoint in an angle. |
| Undecagon | Eleven sided polygon. |
| Right Angle | 90 degrees. |
| Heptagon | Seven sided polygon. |
| Decagon | Ten sided polygon. |
| Perpendicular Lines | Lines that intersect to form a right angle. |
| Obtuse angle | Between 90 and 180 degrees. |
| Hexagon | Six sided polygon. |
| Intersecting lines | Lines that cross. |
| Dodecagon | Twelve sided polygon. |
| Ray | Part of a line with only 1 endpoint. |
| Nonagon | Nine sided polygon |
| Straight Angle | 180 degrees. |
| Pentagon | Five sided polygon. |
| Angle | 2 rays that share an endpoint. |
| Acute Triangle | All three angles are less than 90 degrees. |
| Right Triangle | One 90 degree angle. |
| Obtuse Triangle | One angle greater than 90 degrees. |
| Scalene Triangle | No congruent sides. |
| Isosceles Triangle | At least two congruent sides. |
| Equilateral Triangle | Three congruent sides. |
| Parallelgram | A quadrangle with 2 pairs of parallel sides. |
| Rectangle | A parallelogram with 4 right angles. |
| Rhombus | a parallelogram with 4 congruent sides. |
| Square | A parallelogram with 4 right angles and 4 congruent sides. |
| Trapezoid | A quadrangle with only 1 set of parallel sides. |
| Kite | A quadrangle with no parallel sides 2 sets of congruent sides that are adjacent. |