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5/6 geometry vocabulary

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a closed plane figure made up of line segments   polygon  
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a 3 sided polygon   triangle  
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a 5 sided polygon   pentagon  
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a 6 sided polygon   hexagon  
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a 4 sided polygon   quadrilateral  
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a a polygon that has equal sides and angles   a regular polygon  
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an angle that measures between 0* and 90*   acute angle  
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an angle that measures exactly 90*   right angle  
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an angle that measures between 90* and 180*   obtuse angle  
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an angle that measures exactly 180*   a straight angle  
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the central point on a circle which is the same distance from the center   circle name or center  
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a line from the center point of a circle to any point on the circle. It is 1/2 of the diameter.   radius  
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a line that has end points on a circle   chord  
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a line segment that passes through the center of a circle cutting the circle in 1/2.   diameter  
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an angle whose vertex is the center of a circle   central angle  
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a quadrilateral with both pairs of opposite sides parallel and equal in length   parallelogram  
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a parallelogram with 4 right angles   rectangle  
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a parallelogram with all sides the same length   rhombus  
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a rectangle with all sides the same length   square  
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a quadrilateral with only one pair of parallel sides   trapezoid  
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a triangle with all angles less than 90*   acute triangle  
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a triangle with one right angle   right triangle  
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a triangle with one obtuse angle   obtuse triangle  
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a triangle with all side of equal length   equilateral triangle  
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a triangle with 2 sides the same length   isosceles triangle  
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a triangle with no sides the same length   scalene triangle  
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The sum of the measures of the angles of a quadrilateral is...   360*  
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the sum of the measures of the angles of a triangle is ....   180*  
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an exact location in space   point  
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a straight path of points that goes on forever in 2 directions   line  
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part of a line. It has 2 endpoints   line segment  
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a part of a line. It has one endpoint and extxnds forever in only one direction.   ray  
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an endless flat surface.   plane  
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2 lines that never cross and stay the same distance apart   parallel lines  
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2 lines that pass through the same point   intersecting lines  
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2 rays with the same endpoint   angle  
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the common endpoint of an angle   vertex  
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A tool used to measure angles   protractor  
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an angle that measures between 0* and 90*   acute angle  
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an angle that measures exactly 90*   right angle  
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an angle that measures between 90* and 180*   obtuse  
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the point where 2 rays meet   vertex  
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