Definitions

3.Point – exact location in a space

4.Line – straight path of points that
goes on forever in two directions
5.Line segment – part of a line with
two endpoints
6.Midpoint – halfway between the
end points
• 5. ray – part of a line with one end point
• 6. plane – flat unbounded surface
• 7. intersecting lines – pass through the same
point
• 8. perpendicular lines – two lines that intersect a
right angle
• 9. vertex – point that two or more rays or lines
have in common
• 10. protractor – tool used to measure angles
• 11. acute angle – angle whose measure is
greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees
• 12. right angle – 90 degrees
13. Obtuse angle – angle who measure is greater
than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees
14. Circumference – distance around a circle
15. Perimeter – sum of the lengths of the sides of
a polygon
16. Equilateral triangle – triangle with three lines
of symmetry
17. Decagon – ten sided figure
18. Octagon – eight sided polygon
19. Hemisphere – half a sphere
20. Trapezoid – quadrilateral with exactly one pair of
parallel lines
21. Scalene triangle – triangle with no lines of
symmetry
22. Pentagon – five sided polygon
23. Congruent angles – two angles having the same
measure
24. Isosceles triangle – triangle with exactly one line of
symmetry
25. Right triangle – triangle that has one right angle