Lines, Line Segments, and Rays
Types of Lines
Polygons
Geometry Vocabulary
Angles
100

This is straight and goes on and on in both directions.

Line

100

These lines are the same distance apart ALWAYS.

Parallel Lines

100

It has three sides and three angles.

Triangle

100

A 2 dimensional figure with three or more sides that is closed.

Polygon

100

A 90 degree angle.

Right Triangle

200

This looks like a line, but has a beginning and end.

Line Segment
200

Lines that cross at a point

Intersecting lines

200

It has four equal sides and four right angles.

Square

200

A four sided polygon.

Quadrilateral

200

An angle that is smaller than 90 degrees.

Acute Angle

300

This divides a shape into halves that are the same size and shape

Line of Symmetry

300

Lines that form four right angles?

Perpendicular Lines

300

It has five sides and five angles.

Pentagon

300

A quadrilateral with exactly 1 pair of parallel sides.

Trapezoid

300

An angle that is bigger than 90 degrees.

Obtuse Angle

400

This is named for the starting point and another point somewhere along the way and in that order.

Ray

400

An example is railroad tracks.

Parallel lines

400

It has six sides and six angles.

Hexagon

400

The corner, or point at which line segments meet in a polygon.

Vertex

400

A triangle with all sides equal.

Equilateral Triangle

500

These are stops along the way of a line, line segment, and ray, and are usually named with a letter.

Points

500

An example is an intersection with traffic lights.

Intersecting lines

500

It has eight sides and eight angles.

Octagon

500

A quadrilateral with two pairs of opposite and parallel sides.

Parallelogram

500

A triangle with two sides the same length.

Isosceles triangle