Evas Geometry Glossary

By Eva Geitheim

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Chapter 1: Foundations
Sections:

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Point Line Plane Segment Ray

#1 Point
.E Point E

Names a location

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Line
W B WB

Straight Extends forever in both directions

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#3 Plane
. L . F . R

Plane LRF

Flat Extends in all directions

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#4 Segment
RB

Two Endpoints

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#5 Ray
C V CV

One endpoint One side goes on forever

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Chapter 2: Angles
Sections:

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Acute Angles Right Angles Obtuse Angles Straight Angles

#6 Acute Angle
A Vertex C ACU U

Greater than 0 Less than 90

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#7 Right Angle
R H T

m<RHT = 90 Exactly 90

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#8 Obtuse Angle
O B

m<OBT = 90 Greater than 90 less than 180

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#9 Straight Angle
S T R

Exactly 180 m< STR = 180

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Chapter 3: Angle Relationships

Sections:

Complementary Angles Supplementary Angles Vertical Angles Adjacent Angles

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#10 Complementary Angles

C
47

P
43

m<COP + m<POM = 90 Add up to 90

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#11 Supplementary Angles

S U 132 48 P L

m<SUL + m<LUP =180 Add up to 180

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#11 1/3 Vertical Angles

V I T R E

Congruent Across from each other in an intersection

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#11 2/3 Adjacent Angles

D J C

<DAJ and <JAC are adjacent angles Adjacent angles share a vertex and a side Adjacent angles are next to each other
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Chapter 4: Line Relationships

Sections:

Parallel Perpendicular Skew

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#12 Parallel
N L P LN A

ll

PA

Never intersect Same DIrection Same Angle

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#13 Perpendicular
K C M R

KR l MC Intersects at 90
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#14 Skew

Never intersects Not parallel

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Chapter 5: Transversal
Sections:

Transversal Corresponding Angles Alternate Exterior Angles Alternate Interior Angles

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#15 Transversal Angle

5 7 8 1 2 3 4 6

Cross over two parallel lines

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#16 Corresponding Angles

1 5

<1 and <5 are corresponding angles Face the same direction Congruent
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#17 Alternate Exterior Angle

1 8

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<1 and <8 are alternate exterior angles Alternate sides of the transversal On exterior of parallel lines Congruent

#18 Alternate Interior Angles

4

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<4 and <5 are alternate interior angles Alternate sides of transversal On interior of parallel lines Congruent

Chapter 6: Triangles

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Sections:
Triangle- 180 Scalene Iscoseles Equilateral Acute Right Obtuse

#19 Triangle- 180

180

In every triangle there is 180

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#20 Scalene Triangle

No congruent sides or angles

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#21 Isosceles Triangle

2 congruent sides and angles

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#22 Equilateral Triangle

60 60 60

3 congruent sides and angles

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#23 Acute Triangle

3 acute sides and angles

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#24 Right Triangle

1 right angle

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#25 Obtuse Triangle

One obtuse angle

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Chapter 7: Quadrilateral

Sections:
Quadrilateral Trapezoid Kite Parallelogram Rectangle Rhombus Square

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#26 Quadrilateral

A polygon with 4 sides Angles add up to 360

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#27 Trapezoid
Parallel Markers

A pair of parallel sides

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#28 Kite

2 pairs of congruent, adjacent sides

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#29 Parallelogram

2 Pairs of congruent, parallel, opposite sides

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#30 Rectangle

A parallelogram with 4 right angles

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#31 Rhombus

A parallelogram with 4 congruent sides

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#32 Square

A rhombus with 4 right angles

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Quote

A square is a rectangle, but a rectangle is

not necessarily a square,- Mr. Barnes

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Finish
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