Classify Shapes
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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polygon | A closed plane figure (2-D) made up of line segments
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regular polygon | A polygon that has sides of equal length and angles of equal measure
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triangle | A polygon with 3 sides
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quadrilateral | A polygon with 4 sides
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pentagon | A polygon with 5 sides
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hexagon | A polygon with 6 sides
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octagon | A polygon with 8 sides
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equilateral triangle | A triangle whose sides all have the same length
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isosceles triangle | A triangle with two sides of the same length
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scalene triangle | A triangle in which no sides have the same length
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right triangle | A triangle in which one angle is a right angle
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acute triangle | A triangle whose angles are all acute angles
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obtuse triangle | A triangle in which one angle is an obtuse angle
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parallelogram | A quadrilateral with 2 pair of parallel and congruent sides
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trapezoid | A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides
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rectangle | A parallelogram with 4 right angles
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rhombus | A parallelogram with all sides the same length
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square | A rectangle with all sides the same length
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congruent | Same size or equal
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attributes | A feature used to describe a shape such as lines and angles. Also known as properties of a shape.
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2 - dimensional figures | A shape that has width and height, but no thickness
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classify | To arrange in groups based on common attributes or properties
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category | A group of of objects (or shapes) with common attributes
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sub category | A smaller group within a category, that is classified by having common attributes not shared with rest of the objects in the category
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parallel lines | lines that never intersect (cross) and are the same distance apart
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opposite angles | Angles on a quadrilateral that are diagonally across from each other
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consecutive angles | Angles on a quadrilateral that are next to each other.
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adjacent sides | Two sides of a polygon that meet at the same vertex (point)
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