Geometry Ch 6 - Quadrilaterals Flashcards
Parallelogram
A quadrilateral with both pairs of opposite sides parallel.
Rhombus
A parallelogram with four congruent sides.
Rectangle
A parallelogram with four right angles.
Square
a parallelogram with four congruent sides and four right angles.
Kite
A quadrilateral with two pairs of adjacent sides congruent and no opposite sides congruent.
Trapezoid
A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides.
Isosceles Trapezoid
A trapezoid whose nonparallel opposite sides are congruent.
Opposite sides of a parallelogram are…
…congruent.
Consecutive Angles
Angles of a polygon that share a side.
Opposite angles of a parallelogram are…
…congruent.
The diagonals of a parallelogram…
…bisect each other.
If three (or more) parallel lines cut off congruent segements on one transversal…
…then they cut off congruent segements on every transversal.
If both pairs of opposite sides of a quadrilateral are congruent…
…then the quadrilateral is a parallelogram.
If both pairs of opposite angles or a quadrilateral are congruent…
…then the quadrilateral is a parallelogram.
If the diagonals of a quadrilateral bisect each other…
… then the quadrilateral is a parallelogram.