Constructions

Question 1

What happens when an angle is bisected?

Answer 1

2 congruent angles are formed

When ray OC bisects

Question 2

What is an angle bisector

Answer 2

Something that cuts an angle in half

Question 3

What is a segment bisector

Answer 3

Something that cuts a segment in half

Question 4

What is a perpendicular bisector

Answer 4

Something that cuts a segment in half AND crosses at a right angle

Question 5

What point does a segment bisector go through?

Answer 5

The midpoint

Question 6

Which figure is getting bisected?

Answer 6

∠AOB

Question 7

Which figure is doing the bisecting?

Answer 7

Ray OC

Question 8

Which figure is getting bisected?

Answer 8

Segment AB

Question 9

Which figure is doing the bisecting?

Answer 9

Line CD

Question 10

What does the phrase segments bisect each other mean?

Answer 10

Both segments are getting cut in half

Question 11

What is the relationship between line A and line B?

Answer 11

Intersecting

(not perpendicular and not bisecting)

Question 12

Based on the markings, what is the relationship between these segments?

Answer 12

They are bisecting each other

(Both are getting bisected)

Question 13

What is the relationship between segment SR and segment PQ?

Answer 13

SR is bisecting PQ

(but not perpendicular)

Question 14

What vocabulary describes point O?

Answer 14

midpoint

Question 15

What does construct mean in geometry?

Answer 15

Make a diagram using only:

Question 16

How many arcs are needed to copy a segment?

Answer 16

1 arc (see picture)

Question 17

How many arcs are needed to copy an angle?

Answer 17

3 arcs (see picture)

(1 on the original angle & 2 on the new angle)

Question 18

How many arcs are needed to bisect a segment?

Answer 18

4 arcs (see picture)

Question 19

How many arcs are needed to bisect an angle?

Answer 19

3 arcs (see picture)