Unit 12 Vocabulary (Geometry) Flashcards
A 2-dimensional closed figure made up of line segments
Polygon
A line segment that connects two non-consecutive vertices of a polygon
Diagonal
A polygon with four sides
Quadrilateral
A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides
Parallelogram
A parallelogram with four right angles
Rectangle
A parallelogram in which all sides are the same length
Rhombus
A polygon that is both equilateral and equiangular
Regular Polygon
Has at least one diagonal with points outside the polygon
Concave polygon
All diagonals are in the interior of the polygon
Convex polygon
The sum of the measures of the interior angles of a quadrilateral is 360 degrees
Interior Angles of Quadrilateral
A quadrilateral that has two pairs of consecutive congruent sides
Kite
A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides
Trapezoid
A parallelogram with four congruent sides and four right angles
Square
Sides next to each other
Consecutive sides
Two sides across from each other
Opposite sides
Lines in the same plane that never intersect
Parallel lines
Two lines that intersect to form right angles
Perpendicular lines
Angles that add together to equal 180 degrees
Supplementary
All sides are congruent
Equilateral
Two angles that do not share a side
Opposite angles
Having the same size and shape
Congruent
All angles are congruent
Equiangular
To divide into two congruent parts
Bisect
A polygon with three sides
Triangle
A polygon with five sides
Pentagon
A polygon with six sides
Hexagon
A polygon with seven sides
Heptagon
A polygon with eight sides
Octagon
A polygon with nine sides
Nonagon
A polygon with ten sides
Decagon
A polygon with eleven sides
Undecagon
A polygon with twelve sides
Dodecagon
The sum of the interior angles of any polygon is 180(n-2)
Polygon Interior Sum Angle Theorem
The sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon is 180(n-2)/n
Regular Polygon Interior Sum Angle Theorem
The sum of the measures of the exterior angles of a polygon, one at each vertex, is 360
Polygon Exterior Angle Sum Theorem