Geo Terms - First Week Quiz

Question 1

POINT

Answer 1

a location with neither shape nor size. it is named with a capital letter. i.e. point A, or A.

Question 2

LINE

Answer 2

made up of points and has no thickness or width. it is named with two points on the same line OR a lowercase script letter (when given).

Question 3

PLANE

Answer 3

a flat surface made of up points extending in infinite directions. named with 3 of the points on the plane.

Question 4

INTERSECTION

Answer 4

where a point, line, plane, etcetera meets. the points that two or more geometric shapes have in common.

Question 5

LINE SEGMENTS

Answer 5

two endpoints and all points in between.

Question 6

MIDPOINT

Answer 6

divides (or bisects) a segment into two CONGRUENT segments.

Question 7

RAY

Answer 7

consists of an endpoint that extends infinitely in one direction.

Question 8

ANGLE

Answer 8

consists of two different rays with a common endpoint (called the vertex).

Question 9

ANGLE BISECTOR

Answer 9

a ray that divides an angle into 2 ADJACENT angles that are congruent.

Question 10

COMPLEMENTARY ANGLE

Answer 10

non-adjacent set of two angles that add up to 90 degrees.

Question 11

SUPPLEMENTARY ANGLES

Answer 11

adjacent set of two angles that add up to 180 degrees.

Question 12

LINEAR PAIR

Answer 12

two angles whose non-common sides are opposite rays (form a line).

Question 13

ADJACENT

Answer 13

(right) next to

Question 14

VERTICAL ANGLES (vertical pairs)

Answer 14

two angles whose sides form 2 pairs of opposite rays (not adjacent).

Question 15

PARALLEL LINES

Answer 15

coplanar lines that do not intersect.

Question 16

PERPENDICULAR LINES

Answer 16

coplanar lines that intersect to form 4 right angles (90 degrees).

Question 17

COLINEAR

Answer 17

points that lie on the same line.

Question 18

COPLANAR

Answer 18

points that lie on the same plane.