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4th M Geometry Terms
4th Geometry Terms
Question | Answer |
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point | an exact location in space |
plane | an endless flat surface |
parallel | lines that never intersect (they don't cross) |
perpendicular lines | lines that form square corners where they cross |
intersecting lines | lines that pass through the same point |
ray | a part of a line segment that has one endpoint and continues on forever in one direction |
line segment | a part of a line with two endpoints |
right angle | an angle that forms a square corner ( it is exactly 90 degrees) |
acute angle | an angle that is open less than a right angle (it is less than 90 degrees) |
obtuse angle | an angle that is open more than a right angle but less than a straight angle (it is more than 90 degrees, but less than 180 degrees) |
straight angle | an angle that forms a straight line (it is exactly 180 degrees) |
degree | a unit measurement of angles |
protractor | a tool used to measure and draw angles |
vertex | the point where two rays meet to form an angle |
right triangle | a triangle that has one right angle |
acute triangle | a triangle that has 3 acute angles |
obtuse triangle | a triangle that has one obtuse angle |
parallelogram | a quadrilateral that has two pairs of parallel sides |
rectangle | a quadrilateral that has four right angles |
square | a quadrilateral that has four right angles and all four sides are the same length |
rhombus | a quadrilateral in which opposite sides are parallel and all of its sides are the same length |
trapezoid | a quadrilateral with only one pair of parallel sides |
polygon | a flat two-dimensional shape with straight sides that are fully closed, the sides must be straight NOT curved, they can have any number of sides |
line of symmetry | the line on which a figure can be folded so both halves are the same |