Name: _______________________________________ Date: ______________

Lesson 1: Foundations of Geometry

Self-Check: Activating Prior Knowledge

Activity 1

I. Simple Recall: Select the correct answer of the following items. Encircle the letter
that corresponds to your choice. In case there will be no correct answer, write the
correct answer before the number.

1. What branch of science that deals with sizes and shapes?

a. geometry c. solid geometry
b. analytic geometry d. plane geometry
2. The following are undefined terms in geometry, EXCEPT ONE.
a. plane c. point
b. circle d. line
3. What term best described the assumptions which are unproven but universally
accepted.
a. theories c. postulates
b. defined terms d. principles
4. What particular undefined terms that can be represented by a dot?
a. point c. plane
b. sphere d. circle
5. zero-dimension : no length : : one-dimension : _________.
a. has height c. has length
b. no height d. no length
6. Which of the following is made up of infinite number of points in a straight path which
can be extended infinitely in both direction?
a. ray c. segment
b. line d. arrow
7. Which of the following is a characteristic of a plane?
a. three dimensional figure c. no length
b. with depth d. flat surface
8. The intersection of two side walls could represent of what particular undefined term
in geometry?
a. plane c. line
b. segment d. ray
9. What are points which on the same line?
a. coplanar c. collinear
b. array d. similar
10. What subset of a line having one endpoint?
a. segment c. coplanar
b. collinear d. ray
Objects Representing the Undefined Terms
Activity 2
I. There are some of the objects around us that could represent a point or line or plane. Write at
least five (5) objects to its corresponding column in the table below.

Objects that could Objects that could Objects that could

represent a point represent a line represent a plane
1. 1. 1.

2. 2. 2.

3. 3. 3.

4. 4. 4.

5. 5. 5.

II. Questions to Ponder:

1. Consider the stars above. Do they represent points?

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2. Consider the moon in its fullest form. Would you consider a full moon as a representation of a
point?
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3. A dot represents a point. How big are a dot that represents a point and a dot that represents
a circular region?
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4. A point has no dimension. A line has a dimension. How come that a line composed of
dimensionless points has a dimension?
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5. Does a pencil extend infinitely in both directions? Is a pencil a line?
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III. Use the figure below, identify what is being asked.

M A D
C
E
F k B H
J
G p I

a. Name the point(s) in the interior region of the circle.

b. Name the point(s) in the interior region of the triangle.

c. Name the line(s) inside the interior region of the triangle.

d. Give other name(s) for line p.

e. In the interior of the circle, name the plane that can be formed by the three points not on the
same line.

f. Name the plane formed by line p and point I.

g. Name the points outside the circular region.

h. Name the points outside the region bounded by the triangle.

i. Name the points of plane M.

j. Give other names for plane M.

IV. Given: The points A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H are positioned this way, such that some points are
not on the same plane. (The points are vertices of a cubical box.)

A B

D C
E F

H G
Answer the following:

1. How many lines are possible which can be formed by these points? (Hint: There are more
than 20)

2. What are the lines that contain the point A? (Hint: There are more than 3 lines.)

3. Identify the different planes which can be formed by these points. (Hint: There are more than
six)

4. What are the planes that contain line DC?

5. What are the planes that intersect at line BF?

Name: ____________________________________________ Date:
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Lesson 1: Foundations of Geometry

Other Geometric Terms on Lines

Activity 3
Refer to the figure below:
Given: The points A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H are positioned this way, such that some points are not
on the same plane. (The points are vertices of a cubical box.)

A B

D C
E F

H G

Intersecting Lines
Lines DH and DC are intersecting at point D.
Lines CG and GF are intersecting at point G.

1. What other lines intersect with line DH? ___________

2. What other lines intersect with line CG? ___________
3. What lines intersect with EF? ________________

Parallel Lines
Lines AB and DC are parallel.
Lines DH and CG are parallel.

4. What are other lines parallel to line AB? __________

5. What are other lines parallel to line CG? __________
6. What lines are parallel to line AD? _____________

Concurrent Lines
Lines AD, AB, and AE are concurrent at point A.
Lines GH, GF, and GC are concurrent at point G.

7. Name if possible, other lines that are concurrent at point A. ___________

8. Name if possible, other lines that are concurrent at point G. ___________
9. What lines are concurrent at point F? __________

Skew Lines
Lines DH and EF are two lines which are neither intersecting nor parallel. These two lines do
not
determine a plane and are being called skew lines. Also, lines AE and GF are skew lines. The
lines DH, CG, HE and GF are skew to AB.

10. What other lines are skew to DH? _____________

11. What other lines are skew to EF? ______________
12. What lines are skew to BF? __________________