Visual Geometry Dictionary

Dominique Rivas Period 2

1. Acute Angle An angle with less than 90 degrees.

What kind of angle is this?

An Acute Angle

2. Circle A two-dimensional shape with 360 degrees, no edges, no sides, and no angles.

What shapes are the wheels of bicycles?

Circles

A = x r C=xD

3. Cylinder a 3-dimensional shape with two faces, both being circles.

What shape is the shape of the hair accessory used in this picture?

A Cylinder

V= ( x r) x h

4. Diameter the line that touches two edges of a circle that goes through the center.

What is the diameter of this cup if the circumference is 36?

36, because the formula for circumference is C = * Diameter

5. Line Segment a line that has a beginning and end

Why would this ladys legs be an example of a line segment and not a ray?

Because, her legs have a start and end, and do not continue forever in either direction.

6. Obtuse Angle An angle with more than 90 degrees

What kind of angle is shown in the above picture?

Obtuse Angle

7. Parallel lines lines that share the same slope; they will never intersect.

What kind of lines are shown in the picture?

Parallel Lines

8. Parallel Planes Planes that never intersect

What kinds of planes are the pages in books?

Parallel Planes

9. Perpendicular a line that has an opposite reciprocal slope; a line that intersects another to create a 90 degree angle

Are these sidewalks perpendicular?

Yes

10. Radius a line segment that touches one side and the center of a circle.

What sort of line segment is shown in the illustration above?

Radius

11. Rectangular Prism a prism with rectangular bases

What kind of prism is this purse?

A rectangular purse

V=lxwxh

12. Right Angle an angle with exactly 90 degrees

What angle is this edge of the book?

A Right Angle

13. Sphere a 3-D shape with all edges being equal in distant from the center

What shape is this orange?

A Sphere

14. Square a rhombus with all angles being 90 degrees; a rectangle with all equal sides.

What shapes are shown in this picture? What makes them this shape?

Squares, because they have 90 degree angles and equal sides.

A = s P = 4s

15. Supplementary Angles Angles whose sum is 180 degrees

What are the two angles shown in this picture?

Supplementary Angles