Geometry MCAS Review Flashcards
An Angle that measures less than 90 degrees
Acute Angle
A figure formed by 2 rays that have the same endpoint
Angle
Same size, same shape
Congruent
A six sided figure
Hexagon
Lines that meet or cross at a common point
intersecting Lines
A straight path that extends infinitely in opposite directions.
Line
A line that divides a figure into two equal parts that match when folded on the line
Line of Symmetry
Part of a line defined by two endpoints along the line
Line Segment
An angle that measures more than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees
Obtuse Angle
An eight sided figure
Octagon
Lines that stay the same distance apart and never meet
Parallel
A quadrilateral that has two pairs of Parallel lines
Parallelogram
A five sided figure
Pentagon
Lines that intersect at 90 degrees
Perpendicular
A simple closed two dimensional figure made up of three or more line segments
Polygon
A polygon with four sides and four vertices
Quadrilateral
Parts of a line that extend in one direction from one endpoint to infinity
Ray
A parallelogram with all four sides the same length
Rhombus
An angle that measures 90 degrees
Right angle
“Spinning” a fiigure
Rotation
Way of changing the position of a figure including rotation, reflection and translation
Transformation
“Sliding” a figure
Translation
A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides
Trapezoid
The corner of an angle
Vertex
