Geometry Terms - chapter 6

Question 1

base of a trapezoid

Answer 1

one of the two parallel sides of the trapezoid

Question 2

base angle of a trapezoid

Answer 2

one of a pair of consecutive angles whose common side is a base of the trapezoid

Question 3

concave polygon

Answer 3

a polygon in which a diagonal can be drawn such that part of the diagonal contains points in the exterior of the polygon

Question 4

convex polygon

Answer 4

a polygon in which no diagonal contains points in the exterior of the polygon

Question 5

diagonal of a polygon

Answer 5

a segment connecting two nonconsecutive vertices of a polygon

Question 6

isosceles trapezoid

Answer 6

a trapezoid in which the legs are congruent

Question 7

kite

Answer 7

a quadrilateral with exactly two pairs of congruent, consecutive sides

Question 8

leg of a trapezoid

Answer 8

one of the two nonparallel sides of the trapezoid

Question 9

midsegment of a trapezoid

Answer 9

the segment whose endpoints are the midpoints of the legs of the trapezoid

Question 10

parallelogram

Answer 10

a quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides

Question 11

rectangle

Answer 11

a quadrilateral with four right angles

Question 12

regular polygon

Answer 12

a polygon that is both equilateral and equiangular

Question 13

rhombus

Answer 13

a quadrilateral with four congruent sides

Question 14

side of a polygon

Answer 14

one of the segments that form a polygon

Question 15

square

Answer 15

a quadrilateral with four congruent sides and four right angles

Question 16

trapezoid

Answer 16

a quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides

Question 17

vertex of a polygon

Answer 17

the intersection of two sides of the polygon